Journalist

I always knew what I was worth, what I could do, what I could not do. I think that I have a genetic problem with lying. I just can't lie. I get in trouble with my husband because of that. He wishes that I wasn't so sincere, but I am.

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.

I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.

You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

Like Winston Churchill said, 'Never give up,' and I won't give up. It's a miracle that we even got on the air, and I'm very pleased with the ratings and the response.

The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat.

We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.

I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.'