Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. To me it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy.

Everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?

Family has always been the most important thing in my life. The only real goal that I ever had was to be a good mother.

Never apologize for your success because you worked hard for it.

Marriage is ridiculous.