“My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy.”

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”

“I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can.”

“I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.”

“I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.”

“I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.”

“Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.”

“In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it.”

“There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.”