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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.

I was an abused kid.

Sometimes it seems as though all parents are certain that their children are victims of abuse by other children.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

Even if you were aware of children and felt compassion, when you have your own, it multiplies. It breaks your heart to know that there are so many children in the world suffering so much.

Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.

People have always asked me why I'm drawn to material about kids, and for me, it's - I remember being at that age and feeling completely and utterly powerless. You know, there's so many things you wanna do and so many things you're told you can't do.

In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.

There was mental and physical abuse in my family.