There are a lot of subtle things that are harder to stamp out of a culture in terms of male entrepreneurs being mentored more than female entrepreneurs... male entrepreneurs getting several strikes against them before they're kind of let go, whereas female entrepreneurs, it's kind of one strike and you're out.

As women and men, we're not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men.

I think, so often, female cofounders are positioned in this competitive, catty way. It's just awful. It's not reality.

As a female founder and CEO, it is important to me to support other women as they build their businesses.

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

My moods are like a roller coaster. It's hard for me to just feel one way all the time.

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

I don't have power or money and one-sided media support or the inclination to stoop to any level for the sake of power.