I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.

You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything.

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.

Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.

Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.

Of course, competition against others is there, but it should serve to challenge you. To show you how well other people are competing against themselves.

To hold the power of affection and maintain the roots of love, you must stay trusted.

I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.

Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.

People may think I'm wildly obnoxious.

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.

Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom.

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.