If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.

A movement that seeks to advance only its own members is going to accomplish little

Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting works.

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

I believe we are entering into a period of political chaos. Out of that chaos is the potential for great evil, but there is also the possibility of great good.

This is a terrible time to be young, I think. It's really hard.

People who say that violence doesn't accomplish anything have not read history. I don't celebrate that reality, but there you have it.

A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.

Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.

Film really is a collaborative art.

I don't blame younger generations for their lack of awareness. Americans in general are not interested in history.

It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.

It's a bitter truth but we humans are the only creature in this universe who not only fed up with things but also by other human beings.

You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover.

Spaceflight isn't just about doing experiments, it's about an extension of human culture.

It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key.

Pedestrian accessibility is the key.

The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.

Humor is essential to survival. Funny poems are vastly underrated. Very underwritten.

I don't know that I've ever been completely comfortable with anything.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.