What we do know is that the era of climate change is upon us and the extraordinary in California today will become the ordinary of tomorrow.

If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead. But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

We're in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action.

We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. This is the America in which we currently reside.

Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of this simple, devastating realization define American life.

Donald Trump is not going anywhere. And we see as calculated as these are, he has a knack for telling a certain segment of a base what they want.

Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced.

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin's comments was swift, with veterans and veterans' groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality.

Most jokes come from good intentions—and most mistakes, too.

She said that that was the disadvantage of bringing creatures into the house: one grew used to them, and then, one had the upset of their loss.

Loneliness is like a big, empty room inside you that echoes with the sounds of the life you're not living.

It is never too late to be who you want to be.

What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.

I so believe that older women have tremendous value to their families, their community, their country, the world.

Imagination is only intelligence having fun. A healthy mind knows how to switch between worlds, and which one you need to eat and sleep in.

What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.

Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.