To me, working is a form of sustenance, like food or water, and nearly as essential.

The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power has no sex.

Whatever power I exert is collegial.

What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet.

In Washington, the public and the private intertwine in such a way that they can't be easily separated. This is the city where the personal and the political are most closely linked.

The power is to set the agenda. What we print and what we don't print matter a lot.

The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it.