Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.

My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should be a sacred process.

I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

I had two roles for which I compromised.