Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.

My life is a stairway to heaven, not a 'decline into decrepitude.

Adult women, all of us, have to come to grips with how we have been affected by gender norms, and how we have been silenced. We have to help our daughters. Understanding it within ourselves and helping our young girls stand up for themselves is one way.

Sleep is critical to me... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night. I also get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.

We grow up being told, "Be a good girl." When you're told to be good, you have to get rid of whatever is bad.

So much conspires to silence us - because our truths are inherently subversive.