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I don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come across now.

I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.

Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.

My family brought me up to be very respectful of people.

I, personally, have had to rise above my feelings of inferiority to my sister Anjelica, not to mention feeling sorry for myself because I lost my mother so young.

I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus.

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up in a house where people were angry and sad.