Addiction is the dominant form of a culture that suffers from a superficial spectacle and celebrity-connectivity at its center. It's a form of spiritual emptiness.

I think philosophy is all about lived experience, which is to say life in the streets, life in a variety of different contexts.

I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on.

The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis.

American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.

Justice is what love looks like in public.

Some people don't want to be morally consistent. They just want to be tied to their one issue.