But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

I was never a joiner. I tried - I had people I admired and liked and wanted to hang with, but I ended up starting a theatre company and that took me back to Chicago... I guess I wasn't a scenester in the end. Something must have worked out right, as I'm still here - but I'm only a binge socialite.

Radical Islam and US exceptionalism are in bed with each other. They're like lovers, methinks.

I think that taking night trains or meeting someone on the road is pretty romantic. I've done a couple of things like that. I've surprised someone in Paris. And hopefully, when you surprise someone, they're happy to see you.

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

A lot of people know that something very drastic has happened to the very idea of America.