My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.

I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.

There's always more money to be made.

A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.

I am not afraid to say my relationship with my man is important, even vital, to who I am as a person.

I absolutely tore George W. Bush to shreds, despite the fact I knew the guy personally and I actually campaigned for him in 2000. It's our job to just call it like we see it whether these people are our friends or not.

Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if youve truly lived through it.