I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.

I enjoy getting dressed as a Barbie doll.

There's five cameras, I don't know how many people in the audience... depending on where we're taping, there can be anywhere from 300 to 5,000 people, so the contestants are nervous

I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.

When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off.

I never get bored, because there’s always different puzzles, I’m wearing different clothes, there’s different contestants, there’s different prizes.

I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.

I don't see why anyone should put me down for my job. I'm bright. I'm intelligent. I turn letters - so what? I also talk. I talk on the show! People know my name on the show.

It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters.

I can do whatever I want, but I'm a French girl. It goes with everything.

Any press is good press.

Awe-inspiring God.Amazing God.Awesome God.Almighty God.

I think people say women come into their prime in their 40s. And then for some reason our society just wants to go... it's like a dead flower.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

I will be going to Belgium to win -- and we will see how the weekend develops from there.

I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?

Part 5 The Voice- Make that my voice

I am furious at all the letters to answer, when all I want to do is think and write poems. ... I long for open time, with no obligations except toward the inner world and what is going on there.

The meager satisfaction that man can extract from reality leaves him starving.

"Slightly lower than the angels" is a whole lot better than slightly higher than the apes. Let's get the order straight. God, angelic beings, man, animals, and vegetables.

You are your dreams. Your dreams are what you can become, so don't stop dreaming and believing. Just Do It!