The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

Women are damn resilient.

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.

The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.