A biography for Katty Kayhasn’t been written yet.
“Boris Johnson and Donald Trump appeal to the heart not the head, they offer simple solutions in a time of complex problems.”
“In the scheme of life, being moved aside from a job, however much you love it, is a small thing.”
“Everybody fails, its no big deal. Its what being human is. Dont let that stop you from taking risks.”
“Television is an X-ray. If you try to be something youre not, television will pick it up.”
“The other day I noticed my 12-year-old daughter was getting stressed about a grade she was due on a science test. The grade came back and it was absolutely fine but she felt it wasnt good enough. That was my red alert for this issue of perfectionism.”
“If we can bring our perception of our ability in line with our actual ability then we have the capacity to be authentic. Then we can accept we are as good as we really are.”
“The United States is a country founded on the ideal of freedom and equality, values later underlined by key historical figures like Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.”
“Confidence is not the same as self-esteem.”
“Criticism, however strongly worded or teasingly expressed, comes with the job of being president.”
“I read the news every night to millions of people around the world. It doesnt test my confidence.”
“But democracy needs structure to work, in the form of laws and policies.”
“Ive lived and worked in developing countries so Im particularly interested in helping women in oppressive societies. Our problems can pale in comparison to theirs, the more we can do to empower them, the better off all women will be.”
“Thanks to my new job, I got a front row seat. I crossed the country covering the race, first between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and then between Obama and McCain. It was the political story of a lifetime.”
“I grew up in the Middle East where my mother, who also worked as a journalist, had to wear long dresses with long sleeves every time she left the house.”
“No woman likes to be told her own weight is a problem and most women don't really like men telling other women that their weight is a problem either.”
“But what attracts me to the study of confidence is that it is something women can address themselves, individually and immediately.”
“I honestly do not know a woman, in any profession, at any level, who has not at some point, often at many points, had to repudiate the unwanted advances of a man they've worked with or for. We shouldn't have to.”
“In normal circumstances, if you want a job done well, you chose someone with experience doing that job.”
“Politicians live in mortal terror of ever saying they are sorry about anything, because that would suggest they have been wrong. It is often a trait of powerful people not to want to be seen to back down.”
“Every woman dreams of a workplace where her boss doesn't suggest they grab a drink after work, where there isn't that colleague you'd just rather not get stuck in the office with alone and where your job prospects don't depend, however subtly, on whether you put up with lascivious comments from a man who has power over you.”