Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.

I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.

New generations are intoxicated with the idea that they can make their presence known on the Internet. When I was young, there wasn't anything comparable. Very few got their picture in a magazine, fewer made records. We have to stand back and let them get their footing. Hopefully they'll come to the realization that the most important thing is their work and how they conduct themselves.

I understood that in this small space of time we had mutually surrendered our loneliness and replaced it with trust.

By the time I was 10 or 11, I was completely demoralized. I thought, "I'm done. I'm never going to be a missionary," because my indiscretion column, whether it was little lies or stealing a Chunky bar, kept me from sainthood.

Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.