I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

I get ideas about things I want to make and then I throw myself into it with everything I have.

My interest is in what's true, where is the life, where is the heart and what inspires.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start.

It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven to earth right now, as Jesus taught us to pray: 'Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' At the same time, it often appears that those who talk the most about relieving suffering now talk the least about heaven when we die.