When I was a little girl growing up in Elmira, I always wanted to be a lawyer.

People tune into court shows because they want to learn something and see resolution quickly.

As someone who's run for office five times, if the Devil called me and said he wanted to set up a meeting to give me opposition research on my opponent, I'd be on the first trolley to Hell to get it. And any politician who tells you otherwise is a bald-faced liar.

I don't discuss my career with my husband.

Every city across the country that has successfully renewed and revitalized itself points to a robust education system as its fundamental key to success.

My dad's American, and my mom's French. I lived in France for the first 18 years of my life, then came here to go to school at the College of William and Mary. I studied marketing. I really didn't know what I wanted to do, so I thought that's what I should do - study business - because it would give me the best chance to find work.

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.