I was considering running for political office.

But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose.

It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit.

A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.

I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution.

Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends messages that 'real Americans' believe in God.

I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her schoolteachers.

Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved.

My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing.

A lot of God-loving people think that killing people who don't agree with them is OK.

Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don't see a different purpose for it now.

It is almost impossible to not triumph to bigger and better things, if you aren't afraid to make mistakes, learn from them, and try again with a better approach.

Personally I think any more than two or three kids is not a family it's a litter.

Writing is making a mess, and then working and reworking to create a beautiful piece.

Ninety percent of all prisoners in all jails get out some day. So why not give them a little levity in what's otherwise a very dark life?

While there is no cure, cystic fibrosis is so close to being a livable disease. There is a lot of hope.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.

It is the doctors who desert the dying and there is so much to be learned about pain.

You know all these stadiums that U2 are playing? I've played in them. And I'm building up to it again.

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"