I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.

Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

If faith is your motivation, share that.

Most evil in the world is only partly because of an evil person. Most of it is because of the complicity of bystanders.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early childhood education show this is going to pay for itself.

Matters about reproduction and intimacy and relationships and contraception are in the personal realm. They're moral decisions for individuals to make for themselves.

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

If you want to have a society where people are respected and respect laws, you can't have somebody at the top who demeans every group that he talks about.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

Naturally, this country can't stand truth.

I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.

There's a difference between racism and "I don't know any better. I'm clueless." Racism is like, "I'm trying to make you feel bad." That's racism.

We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody

Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay.

I've written and translated my own poems from English to German. It's basically a summation of my identity as it stands now.

A lot of what the Internet is showing is that talent is more disperse than gatekeepers such as myself...

My single pair of eyes Contain the universe they see; Their mirrored multiplicity Is packed into a hollow body Where I reflect the many, in my one.

The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself.

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.