Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

It's not surprising to me that in a country born of racial genocide, the issue of race is still an open wound on the American soul. We haven't dealt with it.

Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.

Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives.

I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.

We should all spend some time of our life doing service to our country. To me, I would give up a couple of years.

I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm sure most people think women should be paid the same as men if they're doing the same job. I think we all want good schools for our kids. If we made that list, we actually are in agreement on more things.