My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition.

Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch!

... the art of politics is to be ahead of your time--about six months will do it. Any more than that, and people forget you were there.

When you attempt something new, there's always fear. A couple of helpful slogans to me are "follow the fear" or "fear is a sign of growth."

You do have all five sense when you're in a room together. You communicate and understand each other in a much deeper way. It is a different form of communication from writing or being on the web.

Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.

As a profession, freelance writing is notoriously insecure. That's the first argument in its favor. For many reasons, a few of them rational, the thought of knowing exactly what next year's accomplishments, routine, income, and vacation will be - or even what time I have to get up tomorrow morning - has always depressed me.