My success has been based on the issues. It's easy to fight for mental health or needle exchange or small businesses or whatever, because the machine can't interfere.

There's no question that I have always wanted to be mayor. I know I am strategically not supposed to be saying that, but I don't care.

I just think women should support women.

It's hard for me to write about anything personal because I get way too personal.

I would suggest that people do need to trust someone, to think they care about you. I believe that in my heart.

We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.

The last thing I would ever do though is actively work against another woman.

I cannot sell my soul in order to participate with Nancy Pelosi or Carole Migden or any of them. I can't do it.

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

When I think about political races, and certain consultants, the word that comes to mind is dirty. Dirty, dirty, DIRTY!

I really, really, loved being an elected official. But I also love what I'm doing now. I thrive when I can fight for people and I'm doing it now as a lawyer.

All the little duckies with their heads in the waterHeads in the waterAll the little duckies with their heads in the waterOh, such sweet little duckies.

The criticism is that it's too simple, but my feeling is it's more of a challenge making someone feel an emotion in four notes than in 25 notes.

Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you.

It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed but not bought. It may be used but not owned. We are tenants, not possessors, lovers and not masters.

You can do and have and be things that people once said that's impossible for you to do and have and be.

If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged.

I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow.

The soul is the human being considered as having a value in itself.