Jackie Fuchs

“Even the mighty Ken Jennings lost eventually.”

“If we continue to let ourselves be distracted by the Republicans' antics, we can look forward to unaffordable health care, further cuts in government services, and more of us lost in the economic cracks.”

“Let's face it - how many things are there to say to game show contestants to fill the spaces between questions, especially after one has hosted some 8,000 episodes of the same show?”

“Tim Roth is a fine actor, whom I normally only get to see in the occasional independent film.”

“The absence of younger children on television is understandable - minors in entertainment are subject to work hour restrictions and educational requirements that make featuring them difficult.”

“Being an informed voter means, at the very least, researching recommendations and endorsements from more than one source and reading both the pro and con arguments to decide how credible they are and to examine the merits of the underlying improvement or change being sought. It's a lot of work, which most voters don't bother to do.”

“I made a nice sum of money appearing on 'Jeopardy!' I made lifelong friends, which was even nicer.”

“Opera takes the human voice to the absolute limits of what it is capable of doing.”

“Some have reevaluated their own trauma in light of learning about the Bystander Effect.”

“I think it can be very tough for women in any industry in which men dominate, and women historically have not had a lot of power. Men have created the rules. Change comes slowly.”

“After I went back to college, I discovered that you could be around intelligent people who don't care if you're a woman. I decided to do something that women had already broken a lot of ground in, and that was law.”

“Opera requires singers with exceptional talent and years of rigorous, formal training.”

“I was the bass player in the '70s all-female rock band the Runaways.”

“I just got tired of not getting a lot of respect because I was young and female. I thought people would take me more seriously if I had a college degree.”

“Like many Americans I haven't saved enough for retirement, let alone the kind of emergency that can rapidly change a person from someone who gives to charity to someone who requires it. As long as I have more than I need, however, I'm not going to wait until I'm on my deathbed to see whether I've got anything left over.”

“People like Taylor Swift are changing how women are perceived - I really, really admire her.”

“I'm just really curious about the world. I read a lot and there will be things that I want to learn more about, and I just sort of chase the knowledge down the rabbit hole.”

“I do write short stories and novelettes, and I've written a couple novels - nothing published yet, it's just for me. It's my release. It can scratch that creative itch.”

“I am tired of the dumbing-down of American politics and the trend of voting without thinking.”

“The few times I have spoken to Joan in the years since I left the Runaways, I've found it hard to recognize the Joan I met in 1975. She wears her rock star persona like a second skin. I sometimes wonder if she is even capable of taking it off.”