I think Ivanka Trump she has this power and powerful women are reaching out to her and she needs to take advantage of that.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

I want to serve. I love my country. I love service above self and I don't want my talents to go to waste. I also want to send a message to other men and women who've tripped over themselves, or over life: that you need to serve your time in purgatory.

I also feel like I've done plenty of wrong things. I'm not innocent here, and I'm certainly not going to be righteous about that.

I don't have the advocates. I don't have a good old boys network. Part of what I want to do is to create a good old girls network.

I'm really happy for [David Petraeus]. He's exceptionally talented.

I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more writers are cognizant of the problems and are willing to try to challenge them.