I'm doing 'Rock of Ages' one day, making out with Russell Brand. Soon after that, I'm advocating with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cynthia Nixon for marriage equality.

Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.

If Obama was white, he’d be up by 17 points.

Books make great gifts because you don't have to plug them in.

Never go with a hippie to a second location.

One of the truest things to commit to is your own nature.

Behind each number is a person, a victim, whose individual story is ghastly.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign.

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

Leadership embodies a spirit of encouragement. It is difficult to lead people where they are not enthusiastically encouraged to go.

We all belong to the holiness of our eternal soul.

I got over shy a really long time ago. I'm queer, I'm feline, get used to it.

The dreadful dead of dark midnight.

Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.

Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear, it must be anger.

Order and system are nobler things than power.

A man is saved only by faith ... only by faith.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

Music is politics - it always has been and it always will be.