You need two things to remain very, very present. You need to continue to write well and engage yourself in the issues of the day. And you have to continue to make good, relevant records.

Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.

The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out.

The Jersey Shore is the kind of place where the policeman has a little cottage that might have been in the family for years and many other people call home.

In America everything's about who's number one today.

Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. The night's busted open. These two lanes will take us anywhere.

The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.