All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.

Katie Couric is one of my favorite people.

My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry.

Dogs are my favorite people.

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

It's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.