Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.

If you want to get somewhere in six months, you're not going to get there by wishing it.

A feminist is a man or woman who already knows for a fact that men and women are qual and wants society to wake up to that fact, so the world can stop operating at half-strength.

My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path.

The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women.