I wasn't a party apparatchik. I think too many of today's people in both parties come forward, university, 'What party will I join? Oh, yes, I know somebody here. I might get a job working for this member or for that shadow minister or minister.'

If we want a cohesive society, if we want people that are prepared to respect others who are different in our society, I think a number of the race-related issues have been handled in ways which I really abhor.

Socialism is not a way of life. It is an unworkable formula which would apply to robots but not to men and women.

People die because they find living too painful.

My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things.

New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.

My parents separated when I was two, and then my father passed away, so I never really knew that side of the family.

If I could pass along anything that my mother or my sisters taught me, I feel like my kids would be very well off.