>> rose: we conclude with eileen rockefeller. you say "without anxiety and desire to heal it i would not be writing this story." >> yes. you know, i think anxiety is a great motivator and that when you can work through it, it brings you to whole new places in life. so for me this book was about healing my relationships with my family and really coming into a new place as eileen, myself. >> rose: a program note: sting was to be on this evening's program but because of the presidential press conference he will appear later this week. tonight, government shutdown continues, margaret atwood and eileen rockefeller when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> my suggestion to the speaker has been and will continue to be let's stop the excuses, let's take a vote in the house, let's end this shutdown right now. let's put people back to work. there are enough reasonable republicans and democrats in the house who are willing to vote yes on a budget that the senate

best as i could be to help cheer her up. >> rose: in this book you say you were as much eileen as you are a rockefeller. what do you want us to understand by that? that you are a human being whose name is eileen and that's as important as the fact that you're a human being whose name is rock feller? >> absolutely. the key here is we all come from some family or other and we all have the task of becoming ourselves. >> rose: what would you change about the life you have lived? >> rose: -- >> wow, what a great question. i think only thing i would change would be to have found more ways to be together as a family growing up. but, you know, the great gift of my father's lon jeff city that what he was unable to -- the time he was unable to spend ba then he's made up for spades since he retired from the chase manhattan bank. >> rose: including to the children and great grandchildren. they go on trips together all around the world. >> they all do. >> rose: he's now 98 and just got back from somewhere? >> fm paris and london, yes. >> rose: just showing the great grand kids -- is it great grand kids? >> he now h

>> rose: we conclude with eileen rockefeller. not be writing this story." >> yes. you know, i think anxiety is a great motivator and that when you can work through it, it brings you to whole new places in life. so for me this book was about healing my relationships with my family and really coming into a new place as eileen, myself. >> rose: a program note: sting was to be on this evening's program but because of the presidential press conference he will appear later this week. tonight, government shutdown continues, margaret atwood and eileen rockefeller when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> my suggestion to the speaker has been and will continue to be let's stop the excuses, let's take a vote in the house, let's end this shutdown right now. let's put people back to work. there are enough reasonable republicans and democrats in the house who are willing to vote yes on a budget that the senate has already passed. that vote can take place today. >>