I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.

I think I've actually returned to a kind of realism about how the world works. That's helpful. Because in a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is taken seems to be inexorable. So, you just get the job of being the front man for four or eight years. Now, most people realize that's what you are.

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.

In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose.

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.

I love us so incredibly, insanely deeply; it's almost unbearable to see what we do to ourselves.