A reporter is never put off by somebody not wanting to be interviewed.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory.

There's one best thing about childhood our genuine smile...

I think you must make a few [mistakes]. Of you don't, you're probably thinking too much. That's the worst mistake you can make.

Nobody special had come around to replace Duane, and she was moping, going to bed alone every night with a box of Velveeta and a fork.

Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.

The resurrection stands related to righteousness in the same way that death stands related to sin.

People think, 'Jack, you do too much.

Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations.

Even with social media and where we are...everything is about the look.

When soulmates come and go, you're never alone, even when you're standing just you and your shoes, because you carry them with you.