If all of the issues that I have worked on were depending on some measure of success, it would be a total failure. I don't anticipate success. We're not asked to be successful, we are only asked to be faithful. I couldn't even tell you what success is.

I act because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

I don't think abortion is a good idea. I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.

My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.

The most satisfying thing in my life and my career is to work with my children.