"My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile."

"I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy."

"My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little."

"I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times."

"Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends."

"It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."

"You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say."

"There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't."