The more respect I had for myself, and the more I took care of myself, the more I understood what I needed out of a partner.

Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.

I'm trying to make it cool to be a good girl.

One hundred percent my mother, who would always say, "If you want something done, do it yourself." She must have said that 100 times to me - as a child, as a young woman, yesterday on the phone.

I always say that it's very important not to blame one person. You have to own whatever part of it you're responsible for. It takes a lot of soul-searching. It's important to go through that, because hopefully you won't repeat yourself.

You do the best you can. But it's hard. When I find things egregiously misrepresentative of women, I'll make a point to say to my son, "Turn that off. I don't want to see women behave that way.

It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.