And I can see Russia from my house.

I want to go to there.

I felt like that character in Flowers for Algernon. Not Charlie, the lady teacher from the college who realizes, 'I've got to stop dry-humping this mentally challenged guy!

In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor.

I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!

So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.

I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.