I think that behind the scenes the Pope [Francis] is seen as more of a religious figure, but obviously he is sort of a global political figure.

Donald Trump is actually doing what Bernie Sanders was billed as doing. He's doing new voters into the process.

There is a sort of Neo-Confederate thread that runs through these sort of pro-gun movements and the NRA movement.

I think on the things - the issues that Pope Francis cares about - not just remaking the Church and in just sort of a more compassionate visage, but really on trying to move real policy.

Whether or not, you know, people think that Martin Shkreli is the worst person in the world, the reality is that he is the symptom or a larger problem in an pharmacology industry.

One of the reasons that Donald Trump cannot properly respond to what was an obvious proper response from an America president is the people in his government.

I have to say that Donald Trump is on probably about the 13th minute of fame.

I think that Rahm Emanuel's political career is going to be very difficult to revive after the mismanagement.

Campaigns and primaries can get ugly. There are always messy squabbles.

I think it's going to be an important policy, the opening of Cuba and I think political policy for the hemisphere.

There's no greater risk to the Israeli position in Washington than to make itself a partisan issue.

We're traveling into the territory of I don't care. Let's not take that trip, hmm?"Arrogant. Mean. Still gorgeous.

Death is not an option. Death is inevitable. But death is a choice.

These are folks that keep people out of hospitals, out of emergency rooms, out of nursing homes. And not only that, they help people achieve more fulfilling lives.

A strange lot this, to be dropped down in a world of barbarians - men who see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages except their own.

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.

A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will be appointed who will reinterpret laws, and things can change.

I just finished a novel, and I'm back kind of noodling on the screenplays. Screenplays are tough. I am making music, I'm just not sure what kind of music it is or where it's going.

Metaphor is ritual sacrifice. It kills the look-alike. No, metaphor is homeopathy.

As a writer, you are free.