I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and social content of film, but I also taught a course in law for undergraduates.

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot

I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.

Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.

The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.

I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.

What the White House is trying to do is racialize all politics and they're especially trying to tell the African-American voter that the GOP is against letting them have a chance at a good life in this economy, and that's just a complete lie.