The Jews took Israel from the Arabs after the Arabs had lived there for a thousand years. Israel, like South Africa, is an apartheid state.

I have always loved Naoko, and I still loved her. But there is a decisive finality to what exists between Midori and me.

The spoken word community was significant in making me want to write accessible and urgent poems. Bob Holman, in particular, was an impressive figure.

I haven't been on the stage in a long time.

Over the years, over the history of our country, liberals have stood on many of the right sides of the issues.

Everybody thought Barack Obama was going to [inspire people] when he came to Washington, but, you know, the Senate seems like the place where smart people go to die.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

All music written by a Christian should be as integrated as everything else done by a Christian.

Obstacles are challenges for winners and excuses for losers.

The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.

It's quite rare that you make something and think that you did something that no-one else had done.