I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.

I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.