Obama had a mandate for change and Trump clearly does not.

Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.

To the extent that we can shine a light on the bad things being done, that's going to have a positive impact.

If people don't get as engaged as the tea party was, we're going to lose.

Another crucial thing the tea party did really well is to focus in on the folks who are more or less on your side, and make sure they are as bold as possible.

Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

I really do not think there is a serious split between Republicans and Democrats in Congress in how responsive they are to constituents.

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

Because when you cared about people, you handed them a little piece of your heart, and with those hands, they had the power to cause pain.

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.

What I learned from doing The Graduate was it doesnt matter what the medium is... as long as the material is inspiring and the characters are well written.

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.

I pretend I am a princess,so that I can try and behave like one.

This generation is frightened of ideas, or at least it's being suppressed.

[Improvisation ] is been with me all my life. We all do it.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.