I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.

I'm kind of a jock. I sail, I ride a bike, I hike, I pump iron. I just love to be active.

Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.

I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture.

There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson.