Cristina Saralegui

I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends. ”

I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way. ”

I always knew what I was worth, what I could do, what I could not do. I think that I have a genetic problem with lying. I just can't lie. I get in trouble with my husband because of that. He wishes that I wasn't so sincere, but I am. ”

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids. ”

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being. ”

If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart. ”

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag. ”

Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind. ”

I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.' ”

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it. ”