“There’s a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.”

I cannot imagine a worse job than being president of these Untied States in these most trying of times. President Barack Obama has been under siege from every side for the entirety of his time in office.

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

I’m a light comedienne, that’s really where I live the most often.

Bill Clinton was relentless, eloquent and truly charming.

There was a time when I was enamored of the Clintons. I knocked on doors, phone-banked and rallied during his campaign.

I was a total nerd growing up. I’d rather sit home and read a novel on New Year’s Eve and say, ‘Wow, I read the whole thing in one night!’ That was my idea of a big time.

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

When my dreams showed signs of becoming politically correct no unruly images escaping beyond borders … then I began to wonder

Poetry reaches into places in us that we are suppose to ignore or mistrust, that are perceived as subversive or non-useful, in what is fast becoming known as global culture.

Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the lullaby, the continuous attention associated by the infant with the mother.

They become nothing more than the kiss of Judas, pressing a crown of thorns into your flesh.

I’m kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.

Only a Californian would have observed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the real fake from the fake fake.

Obviously there was Keith Haring and Robert Mapplethorpe, but Howard was on the brink of becoming a famous director – it didn’t happen because he died.

Creative things have to sell to get acknowledged as such.