That something that really concerns me because I have good reason to believe and be hopeful, rather, this was the best posture of any Republican in history towards LGBTQ issues.

[Donald Trump's] instincts are way more favorable to the LGBTQ community than any other Republican that was on the stage.

As an optimist, I choose to be glass-half-full about [Donald Trump] while still very cautiously appreciating and understanding the fear that a lot of our fellow citizens have.

I'm shocked, like all of us, including Donald Trump, 'cause let's not pretend that even Donald Trump thought he was going to win this election.

Women can have their own kids and not have a husband or not have a partner.

What I hope we will see from [Donald] Trump very quickly is inclusive rhetoric and rhetoric that brings the temperature down and comforts people so that children feel safe going to school.

The central point of the work of art is the work as origin, the point which cannot be reached, yet the only one which is worth reaching.

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.

Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.

Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.

Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner.

That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all

I am so territorial, that [from the start] I just felt like whatever I was gonna do I was gonna write it myself, its my personal preference to always be in control of everything I do in life.

I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around.

You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest.