I think sex is completely absurdly demonized in our culture. But in the end, however much sex you want to have, with however many people in how many ways, to be loved and to love is what human beings really want.

I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs; you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on.

It's also one thing to see a celebrity or some kind of character on a TV show being gay. It's a totally different thing when you know your husband... not your husband, but your brother or your friend or the dude you hung out in high school was gay. I mean, that is what changes people's minds, what changes people's minds.

I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true.

The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.

When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them.