People [in US] are starting to rethink this idea of empire, this idea of the United States being this superpower, the hegemon, is not working, and we can't afford it anymore.

We have seen enough of war to know that it doesn't work to resolve conflicts. It only exacerbates them. It is time we find other solutions and dedicate ourselves to life-not death.

People think in narrow, constrained, constipated ways about the world. They can't imagine that the world could be different. Not like the dreamers who actually see a different world, a better world.

A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state here at home.

History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts.

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.

China is doing a lot of things right that the United States is doing wrong.

You can't control who your family is. I know about that. You can only pick good friends and maybe that's a better family.

It's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life.

It's been a huge joy, this experience of being a mom ... I don't know how to articulate it yet, because it is so fresh.

Come from a place of love. Love isn't passive or shy. It's actually the most powerful energy in the universe.

The only concern which I have today is that we have a policy, a foreign policy, which enables us to avoid a catastrophe; which, if one understands it properly, is indescribable.

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president

I was the best man at the wedding... If I'm the best man, why is she marrying him?

You'll never regret writing any letter out of love. However, it's a good idea to reread anything you've written in anger.

Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful, because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all

You just have to go with a good story and a script that you like and people that you like to work with.