Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual expression.

I know that lack of contact creates more lack of contact, and contact creates more contact, or at least an ability to talk to with each other.

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News.

A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold.

You have no choice but to live in the present, if you're really being open to events and people as they come along.

Our own lives feel so disordered and confusing, so it's amazing to me that the filmmakers caught the personal, emotional high points and low points of my life and not just the public aspects.

There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.