Many women live like it's a dress rehearsal. Ladies, the curtain is up and you're on.

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.

I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.

I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.

I cannot determine what will define my time in this place, But I do hope I've demonstrated something else entirely—that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind and wear your heart on your sleeve.