There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together.

I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people, black and white, were instrumental in changing the Jim Crow status quo on all levels.

I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.