My two must-haves are my cell phone and my MacBook Pro laptop, which allows me to update my Web site from wherever I am, whether I'm in Africa or in Sun Valley skiing.

Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

If you don't take your clothes seriously, why should your viewers take you seriously?

Talking doom and gloom all day no longer fit who I was as a person.

It's important to be informed but I also think it's important to be inspired. I'm creating a space where people can be inspired.

I think most people live in a space where they are looking for meaning in life and good in the world and that is not necessarily reflected in straight news coverage right now.

Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.

If you're really invested in feeling bad about the world, there are a lot of media outlets out there that you can turn to.

Your mind simply cant focus forward and downward all at the same time.

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.

I was going to be a scientist.

In 1958 I finally found a large enough apartment on the Lower East Side, where I reverted to figure painting. I drew and painted quite a lot of figures and nudes. People would come and pose for me.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

Life offers you a thousand chances... all you have to do is take one.

Stop labeling people just because they're not like you.

A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery.

We'll show you that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself.

[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them.

I've always been a huge fan of apologetics. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors.