I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.

The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.

We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.

Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy... Vote!

I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was doing a civil rights musical here in Los Angeles and we sang at one of the rallies where Dr. Martin Luther King spoke, and I remember the thrill I felt when we were introduced to him. To have him shake your hand was an absolutely unforgettable experience. Even before I could vote, I was involved in the political arena.

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.

There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise.