While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

The rumors of Frank Sinatras violence and his ties to organized crime were such that journalists joked in print about me ending up in concrete boots and sleeping with the fishes if I proceeded to write his biography.

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.