Don't focus on what I'm wearing. Focus on what's coming out of my face.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

Bernie Sanders are the only person who talks about the kinds of things that might be driving people to support Donald Trump in such large numbers in the Republican Party.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don't understand each other. Not at all! But that's what makes relationships so amazing.

A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.

I'm a huge believer in science. But I don't think it explains everything.

There's an ocean of music out there and there's absolutely no curation for it.

It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.

I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.

I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.

The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land.

Photos are profound because they have such short lives. They are more like fingerprints, dead leaves, rain puddles, or the corpses of flies.