The first time I met Elizabeth Edwards, she greeted me at the door of her home juggling a yogurt in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other.

I am more proud of Hillary Clinton's alt-right speech than any other moment on the campaign .

She [Hillary Clinton] had the courage to stand up.

A good chaos theory means you have a disciplined strategy behind the scenes of how you're going to roll out policy. And then you do it in a way that inflicts chaos on the press and your opponents.

If providing a platform for white supremacists makes me a brilliant tactician I am glad to have laws.

I would rather lose than win the way you guys [Republicans] did.

Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug, ' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.

There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.

I think one of the dullest things in the world is a letter filled with apologies for not writing sooner.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant

I am the enemy of anything parochial.

This is the best day in the history of the world, even though yesterday that seemed an impossibility.

The poetry of earth is never dead When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide I cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.

When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, "Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor."

I like hurting little things that can't fight back

To see the unreal is wisdom. Beyond this lies the inexpressible.