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I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

There is a figure that is adored, but I'd question very strongly that it's me.

I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.

The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.

I'm not even the most influential person in my own house.

You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.