Only fiction has the power to cross the mental barricades, to make strangers intelligible to each other, because it moves people's hearts as well as engaging their minds.

Ignorance as a deliberate choice, can be used to reinforce prejudice and discrimination.

... knowing what not to know was itself indispensable knowledge.

It's only people, as far as we know, who look up at the stars and wonder what they are.

Through many tributions, we begin to search for the truth.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else

Love is grand divorce is a hundred grand.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.

To me, fashion is like a mirror. It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.

Although we think that we think, most of the time we are being thought by the collective mind, the hypnosis of conditioning.

There's a sketch at every turn.

We're Democrats [with my father]. So, of course he would [support me]. Absolutely.

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.