Ricki Lake

Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.

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.

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

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.

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