well I believe in commitment it's just I, you know, I don't stick to it.

You know you are alone in marriage when your spouse is ignorant of your daily needs.

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

Patriotism, often a thinly veiled form of collective self-worship, celebrates our goodness, our ideals, our mercy and bemoans the perfidiousness of those who hate us.

[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.