Only in a crowded, diverse place like New York, surrounded by strangeness, do I come home to myself.

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.

Giving without expectations is the ultimate secret source of abundance.

Genius has less to do with the size of your mind than how open it is.

Watchman what of the night?

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again.

I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

What's the difference between a communist or socialist and a progressive? Revolution or evolution? One requires a gun and the other eats away slowly.

I know what to do with my life. I just don't know what to do with this one night.

Don't fear change. It's always for the best.

In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution.