You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.

Civil liberties victories never stay won, but must be fought for over and over again.

The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.

The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last.

Be assertive, in speech and in conduct.

Only when we feel the story in each of its moments or places are we able to tell it properly.

Sweet to think on it, that when we are last weary of all this world there is the rising sun

I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing I wanted to do.

Girl, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself!

When someone you love that much leaves you behind there isn't as much of you left to die when your own time comes.

Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you.

Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea.

Love never claims, it ever gives.

Only unsolvable problems are worthy of artificial intelligence.