Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it.

I believe very deeply that this beauty I call the soul is not a random occurrence. I don't know what its meaning is at some larger level, but I know that it has meaning.

There is no question that abuse, drugs and exposure to violence at home can exacerbate someone's criminal tendencies enormously. But there are many, many criminals who don't come from that background.

I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.

A lot of people are very political when they are young, and then they outgrow it.

Despair is part of love.

Science still won't explain the mysterious nature of love and despair.