After the kids are asleep you... well, you know. Whatever it is. You slip away for a night.

My mom gave me a good piece of advice. She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you're in the seventh grade onwards. Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don't fix.

My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.

But I'll never be one of those women who feel that they always have to wear earrings and aren't properly dressed without them.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my baby, and those two things don't mesh very well.

I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle... call Mom.