"The United States is a nation of liars."

"God damn it, you've got to be kind."

"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reasons ever to hate."

"I think I am trying to make my head into a kind of lighthouse for other people. I'm trying to make a light shine on things I think are true."

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."