Hope is optimism plus a belief there is a path out of your adversity.

How can we help my kids step into the shoes of another child?

My mom knows what it's like to keep a dirt floor clean.

When someone grows up in poverty they never know that's going to be a benefit to their child.

Growing in poverty imparted a certain DNA in the life of their children.

This epic masterpiece tells the world changing story of Jesus and inspires us to love and live for others just as He did.

When your madness is creative and necessary, people will not notice the fact that you are crazy.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!

The little things that you do From across the room I see you sendin' me clues They're in the way You make me move

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

I hope I'll keep people up at night, unable to stop turning pages. That's my goal: exhausted, emotionally drained readers who can't stop crying.

But violence is news, to a certain extent, and people don't want complicated news. Because as soon as you realize things are complicated, your life becomes more complicated.

Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

Once you put a mask on, if you allow it to, it can really transform you, and that's what a costume does.

I get them [auditions] from time to time, and I sometimes get auditions for big dramas, and I often think, well, I'm not going to get that part. This was a big surprise - it was The X-Files.