The dream for many millennial women is to make a difference as social or political entrepreneurs. They are using the social media and marketing tools they have mastered to empower less fortunate women and direct them onto career tracks that women have traditionally avoided, like science and technology.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship.

I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.