To those who are given much, much is expected.

I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.

I believe that a negative statement is poison.I'm convinced that the negative has power. It lives. And if you allow it to perch in your house, in your mind, in your life, it can take you over. So when the rude or cruel thing is said - the lambasting, the gay bashing, the hate - I say, "Take it all out of my house!" Those negative words climb into the woodwork and into the furniture, and the next thing you know they'll be on my skin.

The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming.

Try, start always at home. This is my encouragement to all writers, start at home. All virtues and vices begin at home, and then spread abroad.

When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.