I think that there's got to be a comic gene in some way, but it's so much about it is how you grow up.

You can't be happy, if you're not free and you're not fulfilling yourself.

When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

First you have to have a dream.

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words.