Children come into the world with a lot of personality already imbedded in them.

Faith and optimism come from love.

Meanness is the one thing I do get upset about on those rare occasions when I see it.

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the world in order to learn more about it.

That's a powerful way to love, when you accept your children, however they emerge, with all their peculiarities.