In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.

The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.

If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies?

Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.

We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.

Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is.

If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.

The most intriguing part about felony is that, in the end, no matter what, it falls right back on you. You cannot elude it. You cannot dupe it.

Experimentation is an active science.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.

Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock; it is up to you to turn the knob.

We can only be faithful to what we remember, and we remember only what we have known.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

The whole magic of a plot requires that somebody be impeded from getting something over with.

You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.