When you're doing something that you think - that you know - is a breakthrough, you cannot obsess about the possibility of failure. That is just not a great place to go.

Having it all means different things to different people. I think it's an individual choice. Nothing is perfect. Everyone makes sacrifices. For me, it's worked out well. I have children. I have a very interesting career. But it's not for everybody.

You see a lot of women who take the negative things that come their way and let it slide off them, like they are coated with Teflon.

In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other.

The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs.

Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.

I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.

I write a lot of environmental stories.