Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

Love is not everything

In a world that loves lies, truth is subject to the greatest libels.

Introverts just just don't buzz as easily.

Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.

I'm encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations.

Is Anna Nicole Smith still dead?

The nature of life is to grow.

Life is a garden. It is an opportunity. You can grow weeds, you can grow roses; it all depends on you.

I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.

Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime’s worth of lessons.