When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

If you take a character and you call him a frog, or like Rowlf, our dog, call him a dog, you immediately give the audience a handle.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.

(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.

Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.