There is no liberty without dependency. That is why we should celebrate tax day.

Great works - and I think Star Wars is a great work - are easily susceptible to multiple plausible interpretations. Some of them are pretty nutty, but the idea that we should see it as profoundly feminist, or as a deeply Christian tale, or as a Freudian exercise... I think all of those have some truth.

My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of rules.

There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him.

Whatever your gender, you can be a Star Wars fan. Of course I knew it from life before, but the core of enthusiastic female fans is a testimony to the non-gendered nature of the audience.

Faust seems to have exerted a big influence on Star Wars. You know, the "give up your soul for immortality" or something.

Well, I've liked Star Wars since the late '70s. I liked it a lot.