It’s a really magical time, those first few weeks. It almost makes you wish you didn’t have to tell anyone, ever. You could just watch your belly grow bigger, and no one would be allowed to ask you about it, and you would have your baby and a year later you would allow visitors to finally come and meet your little miracle.

Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air. The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands.

Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people’s faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things.

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind learning.

It's never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

The great thing about taking big chance when you're younger is you have less to lose and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.

In the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, witnesses emotionally testified about the abuse the former dictator inflicted on them. Afterward, a tearful Saddam said, ‘Ah, good times.’

Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

The French have launched their own version of Google, called Quaero. You just type in the subject you’re interested in, and Quaero refuses to look it up for you.