We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

That was an important rule of any game: always make it easy for people to give you money.

It was different than all the rest because I say it was. I felt it was.

Privilege" is something else."Privilege" is a judgment."Privilege" is an opinion."Privilege" is an accusation.

A man does not die for something which he himself does not believe in.

My favorite place in the morning is in the shower with Eric.

I dont understand why my fans cry when they see me. Do I make you sad? No, right? So smile, I like that!

Not everything needs changing. Some things need protecting. And that can be just as important, challenging and rewarding as changing the world.

The optimum committee has no members.

I feel like I am always searching for my purpose. I'm always wondering what that is.

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.