I read pretty MUCH EVERY tweet that's sent to me and OFTEN reply.

I get a lot of LETTERS, mostly from FAMILY MEMBERS who have been affected by cancer RATHER than YOUNG people themselves. I reply to them all.

Nobody in the developing WORLD is going to take, as an ANSWER to their ASPIRATIONS, the developed world's reply: 'Sorry, you can't; we've already used it all up.' To EARN the right to look the developing world in the eye and start this conversation, we NEED a reassessment of how we live and what we want.

What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to REPLY. For all you KNOW, they have taken you to jail or SOMETHING.

I love some of the most hateful TWEETS. I THINK they're very FUNNY. In the negative attacks on me, there are frequently some real displays of humor. I want to REPLY, but I won't, because there are all sorts of other people making SERIOUS points that I care about, and I don't want them to be discouraged.

If one person reaches out to me, who am I not to reach BACK? Even if it takes me a YEAR to REPLY, they do get that message and they feel it.