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

It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time.

I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your correspondence. I want to see your bank statements. But you will have no control over what I write. That's why I really believe in the unauthorized biography.

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

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.

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.