Spending time with math people is a lot of fun. As a result of the play, I've had semi-drunken dinners with mathematicians all over the country. I recommend the experience.

If I go back to the beginning, I could start it over again. I could go line by line; try and find a shorter way. I could try to make it... better.

Judges don't age time decorates them.

The ball of rumor and criticism, once it starts rolling, is difficult to stop.

My mom wouldn't let me sing 'Strawberry Wine' because it had 'wine' in it.

Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.

Humanity owes the child the best it has to give.

Most kids would be like, 'My dad's never around.' But I saw it as a positive. He was out there working to provide for me.

Of course, plenty of people don't think that guaranteeing affordable health insurance is a core responsibility of government.

You loved me as hard as you knew how. I'd give anything to go back and love you better.

Peace is not the product of terror or fear.

What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways.