I'm just trying to matter and live a good life and make work that means something to somebody.

Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.

I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.

I mean, really: He called me 33 percent lesbian, which was a gross underestimation of my lesbian-ness.

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

Is it more fascinating, perplexing, unbelievable that women are entrepreneurs?

One honest voice is louder than a crowd.