This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a friend of mine, much to our mutual surprise, Malcolm X.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

Harmony can be achieved within through meditation, which increases overall well-being and function.

the more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness.

We can't be brave without fear.

You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that.

This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.

I closed my own jazz bar so I could be a man who can write novels as I like. I was pleased about that. This pleasure was connected to the pleasure of writing.

I do not like money, money is the reason we fight.

Voting for [Donald] Trump Is Voting Against Ourselves.

I feel like I went from being a boy to being a man, in some respects, through the help of Dustin Hoffman.

As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power.