We do not need to endorse that [agains Muslims]type of activity nor should we.

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.

Even if you feel wronged, respond right.

If I had gone ahead and died ten years ago, I'd probably be a cult figure today.

Writing a lyric is writing a lyric, whether it's sung or recited. Perhaps the question to ask should be, has playing in a band for three years affected you? The answer to that is you bet.

Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

I don't like all this business stuff. I like stocks.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Today, take a break from your ego and don't take yourself too seriously. Enjoy your Spirit and laugh!

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

Americans need to see people who are honestly trying to learn from each other, even as we make our own points powerfully and fight for our own values and policies.