There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it

I don't see it as a risk, I see it as living.

Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that.

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.