People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.

People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?"

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.

One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn't that it's right wing but that it's nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics.

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.

My current goal is to change the way we think about antitrust and anti-monopoly.

I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse.

New York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.

There's a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical.

Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it.

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.

The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable.

Often what feels like the end of the world is really a challenging pathway to a far better place.

Clean your home first before complaining about others.

You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later.

Always work on the things you're not good at, because once you develop skills in those areas, you have no more fears.

One must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone.

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.