My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.

Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth.

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.

What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.

What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

And I think that that emphasis on keeping a family together, alike, I think it's important.