The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

On the other hand, I think that Governor Romney has to worry that his turnout is going to be low, that he is not going to bring out the evangelicals, that he is not going to bring out the Tea Party stalwarts. If he does not, then it's pretty clear that he will lose the election. So I think turnout in key groups is going to be really, really key on Election Day.

I'm very optimistic. I think if you would describe me, my pretty consistent affect is that I'm a pretty happy person.

It is difficult for me to imagine the same dedication to women's rights on the part of the kind of man who lives in partnership with someone he likes and respects, and the kind of man who considers breast-augmentation surgery self-improvement.

Maybe crazy is just the word we use for feelings that will not be contained.

If we really feel like we're comfortable in our own skins now, we have a longer period of time to live out that kind of third or fourth act of our life.

I remember adolescence, the years of having the impulse control of a mousetrap, of being as private as a safe-deposit box.