Don't give up - our country needs you now more than ever. This is a pivotal moment in the history of our country: Our ideals are at stake, and we all have to fight for who we are. We are all, and should be treated as, equals, but the disparity in terms of income and inequality, for women and women of color, is significant.

In order to find balance, I feel very strongly about two things in particular in terms of routine. Work out, and eat well.

Everyone's perspective of themselves and others is based on the limitations of their exposure.

You don't have to care about children to care about children. One of the things that I talk a lot about is the fact of the importance of third-grade reading level. By the end of third grade, if the child is not at reading level, it'll drop off. They never catch up.

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

The American dream belongs to all of us.

I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.