Some dark Presence watching by my bed, The awful image of a nameless dread ―

― all you have to do is kill every citizen at birth and then, by God, you're left with the perfect ―

This isn’t fiction, the man says. This is the Post Office.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.

But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.

I'm an immigrant myself. I'd probably support it, but I can't do much.

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old

As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican Party - in its current form - to win.

Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day

I think the balance is between what you can get, what you want and what wants you.

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.