I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.

Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other.

I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

I never know when somebody's going to knock on the door of my own unconscious in a way that I wouldn't have anticipated.

The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the ability to make a new future with your own bare hands.