Our daughter was the last in her class to get a cell phone and she had to earn it. She still doesn't have Instagram although she asks me for it every day.

Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened.

I'm a big believer in always challenging yourself and learning new skills.

Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not have success.

My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can too.

Self esteem is built from the inside out and that is my inspiring message to all people.

If you Google me, you'll find plenty of "dumb blonde" references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me.

I'm not superwoman. It's impossible to do everything 100 percent all of the time. And suggesting that women should be able to do it only puts more pressure on them.

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.

Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen.

It may not of happened the way you thought it would, but in the long run it will work out as it should.

There is simply nothing of comparable value to life.

Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.

Everyone has choice when to and not to raise their voices: It's you who decides.

No whining, no complaining about anyone. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.

Sometimes when we’re in situations where we feel we’re not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.

I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that way.

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.