People Don't Always Realize That My Parents

I Think One Of My Father's Great Legacies Is The People That He Inspired And The Generation That He Inspired Transformed America Through Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Equal Justice, And They've Passed That On To Their Children And Grandchildren.

I Never Thought I'd Be Doing Poetry Books. I Never Really Studied Poetry. But The First One I Did Was After My Mother Died, And I Realized That People Sort Of Think And Talk About Her Style And Fashion, But In Fact, What Made Her The Person She Was Was Really Her Love Of Reading And Ideas.

I Think My Mother... Made It Clear That You Have To Live Life By Your Own Terms And You Have To Not Worry About What Other People Think And You Have To Have The Courage To Do The Unexpected.

Growing Up In Politics I Know That Women Decide All Elections Because We Do All The Work.

John And I Were Lucky Because Our Mother Was A Strong Woman With High Expectations And A Strong Sense Of Values. She Encouraged Us To Pursue Things We Were Interested In And Not Think About What Other People Wanted Us To Do.