One day scientists will more fully understand the chemistry and neuro-circuitry that differentiates love from lust. I couldn't begin to explain the mechanics, but I know that they feel differently.

I definitely don't know why men are turned-on by lesbianism.

I'm more muscular than I was in my younger days. My biceps and shoulders, especially.

My crazy parents and those crazy Catholic nuns didn't do a good job of forcing me to keep the Ten Commandments, but they kept me forever fixated on the very idea of a taboo.

One of the greatest pleasures I get from my measly professional career is confusing people.

I don't think it's entirely paranoid to suspect that one day, you won't be able to so much as question the primary tenets of anti-racism without going to jail.

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.