Michelle Obama has mostly stuck to pretty anodyne topics. She's anti-childhood obesity, she's pro-veteran.

You make real progress when somebody is honest enough to say something that's really uncomfortable.

Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.

People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

It's not that Michelle Obama is trying to conceal her true feelings, it's that she does not want to be a political liability to her husband.

I don't like corporate diversity workshops.

Michelle Obama is somebody who really wants to take the high road.

I'm goin past factories. Boxes of metal with people inside. Souls bein ripped apart.

Humor enables one to live in the midst of tragic events without becoming a tragic figure.

If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.

A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.

I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It's not easy to find those people all the time, but they're out there.

When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

I consume too much sugar. It’s a problem, I need to stop.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!

I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.