You can believe in women's rights without believing that every woman is right.

Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.

Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.

What he labels sexual, she labels harassment.

Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for the personal attack.

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.

Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made.

There are different reasons to make movies.

Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.

You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life.

Why is it that even when you're trying your hardest not to get attached, something still sneaks up on you?

One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.

Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.