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My parents instilled something greater than myself. They instilled faith in me.

We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.

My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.

I was a pretty wild kid, and I probably lived 48 years in my first 20. But I always seemed to have a true line of faith for some reason.

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things.

I grew up in a religious community, and like everyone, I went through a period of doubt and later made a conscious choice to embrace the faith of my childhood.

I think my parents were really smart parents. I think they were, actually, pretty progressive for the time. The one thing that they really wanted me to know is what makes me tick, what I am about, how I approach life. And I think what my parents really wanted for me was for me to be who I am.

I grew up in a house full of faith, and my mother died when I was a little girl, and I found comfort in my faith.