I would have made different choices. You know, I might have married somebody else.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.

You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty.

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.