No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.

Yes and, you know, I can't use the nice words anymore because I used to chicken out by using them. I used to call myself plus size, used to call myself chubby. I used to call myself overweight.

I want the big drama. I always said I don't want a wedding I want a parade.

I mean, on the television, I've got to continue to be Star Jones Reynolds. And I enjoy that. But in my real life, I'm a wife now. You can't really be bossy when you're married.

You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters.

Barbara did the selecting, and that's probably the most brilliant thing, was she put together a group of women, different backgrounds, different experiences.

In all honesty my cake was baking when I met Al - I had made up in my mind already to get physically healthy. He refreshingly was on his own journey so it was almost as if we walked together.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.

I felt good full figured. Morbidly obese I was unhealthy and dying.

I was in the middle of a crossroads, which is a nice way of saying crisis, physically, emotionally and spiritually. You know the physical part. We just talked about it.

Addiction is the primary way people escape the modern world. Unfortunately, it is destroying the modern world.

Sorrow is a heavy burden

Any virtue can be taken too far.

I didn't think I experimented.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

Big ideas are usually simple ideas.

Sun Cellular is the biggest investment in my business career.

It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.

On tour I feel like it's always so go go...you're always just taking in and storing information and feelings and things. So for me I need time off to let all those things come out and settle.