A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.

It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.

You can't be happy, if you're not free and you're not fulfilling yourself.