I never had any facial hair in my life.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

Eat bread at pleasure drink wine by measure.

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

I dress for women and I undress for men.

Acting is constricted because you have the lines. But I improvise with it and what I learn on the set. I improvise rhythms and just changes.

I'd love to be part of the process of building cars.

You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.

We'll laugh and toast to nothing, and smash our empty glasses down.

Talk about divine intervention. I can't even tell you how blessed I feel.

Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?