Now, I've got to tell you: 'In Our Mothers House,' I don't think is for a kindergartner.

Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist.

When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.

My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.