I don't know what happens to you after you die. I'm not banking on there being, like, a heaven.

I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.

Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.

I think Hell exists on Earth. It's a psychological state, or it can be a physical state. People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell. I think there are all kinds of different hells. It's not a place you go to after you die.

If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty.