There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no mistake that we abolished institutional racism in this country around the same time. The easy thing to do is lay low, but then are we who we say we are? Do we actually stand for anything, if what we do stand for is under attack and we say nothing? There is nothing to be ashamed of here except to allow a radical and recessive group of people to bully and intimidate our mothers and sisters and daughters for exercising their right of choice.

When you have to fight for the things you love, you have to measure the value of those things in ways you may not in any other way.

I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.

By electrifying our lives, we reduce our energy costs by 39 percent, which is a huge savings in itself.

The problem to me is violence. It's not cool to kill somebody or hurt people.

My dad [...] sent me a text saying, 'You know who you should play? Columbo. That's your Academy Award.'

We're warriors, this culture, and we're very puritanical about sex and very embracing about violence and I don't know why that is.