Energy independence is very important to me.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.

To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.

Never love something so much that you can’t let go of it.

Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling around inside us, like the littler Russian dolls.

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

God's place is the world but the world is not God's place.

I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.

I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools.