It's just a part of our nature to hope.

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.

I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me.

I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.

I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.