I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

It's really important that as women we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

Just as a star can’t be seen behind a cloud, you can never shine and be seen behind the clouding of your insecurities.

A little more and I would have fallen into the mirror trap. I avoided it, but only to fall into the window trap: with nothing to do, my arms dangling, I go over to the window.

It is impossible to lose your footing while on your knees.

My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.

Remember that unjust critisism is often a disquised compliment.

What opinions the masses hold, or do not hold, is looked upon as a matter of indifference. They can be granted intellectual liberty becasue they have no intellect.

When I think of the people I've worked with, all of them have great passion, and the passion is what keeps people inspired.

Don't let the urgent get in the way of the important

'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.

Because of the feminist perspective, we have gotten a view of the world that is distorted.