I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and is one of my American heroes.

Trying to find my way around the Rayburn building is always a challenge. Combining my poor sense of direction with a confusing design is not good.

Until there are so many of them that no one dares to chase them anymore. Until they're an army in themselves. Because if a sufficient number of people are different, no one has to be normal.

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.

Whatever beauty we behold, the more it is distant, serene, and cold, the purer and more durable it is. It is better to warm ourselves with ice than with fire.

America today has insufficient savings to finance both crucial investment and its consumption of imports.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.

In politics, there are no friends.

Watching fish, like listening to music, can distract you in a good way.

When I read the books, I imagined that the family of Ron Weasley was my family.

Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.