George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if youll pardon the expression.

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

I never lost my faith...But like all modern Catholics, I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it is a bone of contention in my soul that I did not share my faith with my kids, as my parents did with me. It was a source of grace when I needed it. I have been greatly nurtured and inspired by my faith.

No matter what is going on, everything is grace.

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.

We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation that should take it out.