And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.

New York is my favorite city.

But now, like a fallen sparrow On a golden chain, I'm forever bound in shadow, A prisoner to my pain.

Each of us is born with a history already in place

Violence was just as much about WHAT was happening as it was how it happened.

Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.