The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.

Today we have the economic collapse that the whole planet is suffering, but there is hope, and that's what's going to keep us moving ahead.

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.

I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was the one that explained American democracy to me. He said, ‘Our democracy is a people’s democracy and it can be as great as people can be, and it can be great… but we are also fallible human beings.’

As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.

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

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.