I don't think abortion is a good idea. I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.

We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well. We have our own Third World here. And we have to first become aware of that and how to help and solve that.

I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.

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.

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

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