That to be an activist, you have to stay active. For me, it's profound; it's not something you choose to do every five years because it's chic to say it.

If you are an activist, you have to stay active on a daily basis.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

There's a lot that I haven't put up there since my husband passed away because then it would be grief everyday. I have to fight within myself at times and ask, 'how do I go through the grief and find a light, even a glimmer of it?'

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

Every generation and every group brings the door into other things.

If I say something about David [Bowie], I get 1000 tweets, if I say something about my business just a few! The more personal, the better.