My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.

I grew up on certain movies, particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I'd yet traveled, or different cultures, or explained something, or said something in a better way than I could ever say. I wanted to find the movies like that.

We need to do things better, but in a way that makes sense.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

Each child is an adventure into a better life - an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.

The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You're a fixer; you make things better.