…move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well as individual change.

…there is not a day of my life that I am not critiquing myself to see if my politics are borne out in the way that I live and the way that I talk and present myself.

Share your presence with others, no boundaries, completely, openly, lovingly. Love is what makes us alive.

As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then, when I was in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now.

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.

Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely have to write and direct something. But I don't know if I could.

In the UK, everything is a bit older and a bit more worn-out, and the people are a bit more tired. You know. I think Americans are a bit looser, a bit more out to have a fun time.

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see.

Larger school library collections and longer hours increase circulation.

While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past.

Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.

This cold night will turn us all to fools and madmen.