You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.

The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.