When a new project comes along, I want to know that the experience is going to be challenging and exciting. Part of me is going to be drawn to doing something new and also the satisfaction of intellectual curiosity.

Once you've seen certain things, the moral compunction drives you to act.

Love your life. Because your life is what you have to give.

I fundamentally believe that in the moral balance of the human race, we right ourselves. If we feel like the ship's keel is off, we find a way to steer ourselves through the storm repeatedly.

The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.

Do the work, enjoy the work, take it seriously, don't take yourself seriously and keep your head down!

Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their stories to be told, and that they will be applauded - and it's not about ego, it's about connection: that their pain is everybody else's pain.