What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits.

If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today.

From the moment America went full-on industrial, it seems like it's been a steady path towards people never having to be physically present in order to satisfy their needs.

A nation is not a budget, no matter how much ideologues want it to be so.

Everything sells. Like integrity. Like democracy. Like truth. Like deeds.

A product is usually created to improve people's lives; otherwise, why buy it? I'm no genius, but I am an American, and gosh-darnit, I consume, so I know what I'm talking about.

Right-wing extremism is all about patience. That is, until it makes its move, and then it is sudden and explosive.

The spectacle of insensitivity that is the gun lobby and its outspoken, out-of-their-mind apparatchiks, is the apotheosis of what the Republican Party has allowed itself to become.

I've rarely gotten a good review in my life, yet, to paraphrase Noel Coward, I am happy to console myself with the bitter palliative of commercial success.

The right-wing just loves making a big entrance.

Life is given to bring the will of God on earth

You are not what you are; You are darkness Looking for light within.

Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.

I've always thought Prince Charming in Cinderella was the most boring role; I'd rather be the Wicked Witch.

I'm not sure that pasteurized thinking is rich enough in intellectual vitamins

If you want a friend, buy a dog.

We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something to resist, we're complicit in the persistence of oppression.

Once you know the world you know how your character fits into it.

I found that if you have a goal, that you might not reach it. But if you don't have one, then you are never disappointed. And I gotta tell ya it feels phenomenal.

I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.