Prosecutors must reveal the dirty little secret they too often share only among themselves: The death penalty actually hinders the fight against crime.

I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.

No one is better than anyone else. Some just simply don't fulfil their potential of being the best they possibly can.

And we went through AIDS... which was as good a course in mortality as anyone is likely to get, short of war.

Overall I think the show went well, kudos to Miss Jeanie It was well rounded. From artwork to singing, to spoken word to short films, I think it definitely stimulated the audience's senses.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

I don't have any desire to rebel and be something totally different from what I am.

Luck is tenacity of purpose.

I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.

We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale.

I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how (Charles) Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis.