I guess I'm lucky to have been blindsided. I'm lucky to have gotten into fistfights, in a way. I'm lucky I learned how to stop them.

It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.

I think that life force is invaluable.

I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.

Nobody seemed to have any perspective any longer. Those were low points. But we got through it.