I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up.

I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

I was always impressed by Betty Ford and what she went through and how full of integrity she was, and how brave. I think Mrs. Reagan was a role model of my mother's generation, intelligent, very supportive of her husband. I am very different from my mom, but I admired her devotion.

At this very moment in time there will be people making, breaking relationships, regretting deeply what they've done, and causing hurt, but that is a fact of life, and if we weren't full of emotion, we'd be automatons, and I don't think people want us to be that.

Some of the most disturbing, sick relationships I've witnessed are between long-time friends, and especially mothers and daughters.

It surprises me that more people don't take a look in the mirror a little more often and assess their own relationships.

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human.