Being a journalist seemed the ideal way of both having a job and experiencing the world, especially for anyone with a sense of adventure.

I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?