My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.

Let's not build the policy around the abuse. That's not good policy. That's actually bad policy. Build the policy around the aspiration point. That's what we need to do when we're seeing abuse online.

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

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.

Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.

I am a prosecutor in my bones. When I see something, I immediately go to: how is this going to affect a child?