You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.

I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.

I hope I have important things to say.

You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose.