The [Donald] Trump campaign turned on a dime instantly as soon as those WikiLeaks dumps started.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

Seeing your own smallness is called insightHonoring your own tenderness is called strength

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.'

The more an artist works the more there is to do.

Beyond living and dreaming there is something more important: waking up.

I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.

People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.