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

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.

Living with these teenage boys allowed me to see how much their psyches were like their girl counterparts. They were more familiar to me than I would have thought.

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.

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words.

People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.

First you have to have a dream.