I've always written. There's a journal which I kept from about 9 years old. The man who gave it to me lived across the street from the store and kept it when my grandmother's papers were destroyed. I'd written some essays. I loved poetry, still do. But I really, really loved it then.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.

Sometimes guns really matter. Protecting those who need protection - children, women, minorities in rough parts of town, old folks living in places where cops aren't nearby. Guns are true empowerment for the powerless.

I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.