I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.

I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

When I was a kid, my grandfather said that "if you say a word often enough, it becomes you." Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

Art simply can’t be stopped.

Poverty makes it very difficult in an already competitive world for kids to get on a straight track where they can actually love learning.

If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.