Ricki Lake

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

I hate the feeling of falling - I'll never jump from a plane - but I love a good roller coaster. Go figure!

My body holds on to every part of every, you know, calorie that there is out there.

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.