If George W. Bush is the kind of person folks might like to have a beer with, John McCain is the guy you pray you don't get seated next to at a dinner party.

At EMILY's List, we’re in the business of expanding the political power of women.

This nation is really ready for a woman president. It's taken time, but we're ready.

It is with tremendous excitement and pride that EMILY's List endorses Senator Hillary Clinton for president.

Between 1972 and 1987, the number of Democratic women in the House had actually gone down, from 14 to 12. EMILY's list started doing House races in 1988.

For the life of me I cannot remember, what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise. For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen.

You think you're a role model, and they (protégés)turn around and tell you you're a negative role model.

All limitations are self-imposed.

I can no longer be sure whether the psyche is in me or whether I'm in the psyche.

Canada's the best country in the world.

I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.

Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?

Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted by memories of work.

I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself.

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.