I'm successful in spite of my past, not because of it!

I am climbing to the top Of the tallest darkest tree I need to know Where heaven stops What lies Beyond the dream

I'm successful in spite of my past, not because of it!

My happiest childhood memories are of times in our backyard. My mother had an old clothesline that hung out in front. It seemed like it stretched a mile long, and I loved sitting in the sun while she hung clothes.

I have a lot of -- I struggle with a lot of shame over my past. There have been times when I've been incredibly embarrassed about the things that happened to me. I don't think that there is one human being in this world that would wish, you know, to be injured as a kid the way -- in ways that I was.

I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated.

Hatred is the greatest cancer that we must squash.