It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?

There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.

If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.

I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

Succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake.

September 11 had such a strong visual component, the most visually documented event in human history. Nothing's ever been seen by as many people as that was. Our experiences of the day, our memories of the day are just so tied up in images of buildings falling and bodies falling.