We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we can do... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.

I would very much like to go on her talk show. Maybe not a cooking show. She's got all the hot grease and stuff.

It's a great story. Even though we may think we know everything, Martha was not particularly a public person. We didn't know much about her personal or private thoughts. It was an opportunity to find some emotion in a different way than what we've seen.

It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.

Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that is the way to bet.