I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.

Stop the bullsh*t. Stop drawing lines in the sand like previous generations [have done].

Go to countries where you don't speak the language. Eat food that looks like you may not like it. Read all of the holy books.

I just try to walk the walk. I try to live every day with the utmost honesty and integrity to myself and the people around me.

I am certainly vulnerable when I sit down with parents who have lost their children to gun violence. The emotion that they experience is so foreign to me that I find it very hard to say the right things.

My grandmother taught me two very important lessons before she passed: hold the door for everyone and always say "thank you." That means to treat everyone the same, no matter if it is the President or a homeless mother begging for food. And never forget to thank those who have helped you, whether it is the person serving you food at a restaurant or your third-grade teacher who taught you the multiplication tables.

I wanted to tell stories about people who didn't have the chance to tell their own.