I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me.

I don’t have a body, I am a body.

Religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things.

I think the socialist movement, by removing many, many people from grinding stagnation and poverty and overwork, does enable people not just to lead better lives but to be better people.

I say 'Merry Christmas' to people I don't know, or to people I know are Christians. I say 'Happy Hanukkah' to people I know to be or suspect to be Jewish. And I don't say 'Happy Kwanzaa,' because I think African Americans get enough insults all year round.