Cold Case Files and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can’t stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can’t fit on a bumper sticker.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.

It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.

I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.