All the people that you see on television defending Donald Trump have not been drafted into it.

If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead. But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

We're in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action.

We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. This is the America in which we currently reside.

Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of this simple, devastating realization define American life.

Donald Trump is not going anywhere. And we see as calculated as these are, he has a knack for telling a certain segment of a base what they want.

Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced.

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin's comments was swift, with veterans and veterans' groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality.

As an artist, if your work doesn't inflame at least part of the audience, then you might as well call it quits and sell insurance... The world needs more boundary pushers, not more boundary creators.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

I really don't have a favorite course. I usually ask where there are the least players.

What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?

Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing.

Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.

All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.

The progressive approach to policy which directly addresses the effects of white supremacy is simple - talk about class and hope no one notices.

We need more citizens that are committed and courageous.