In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.

I think America, unfortunately, collectively thinks of itself as the 'chosen people.' To my knowledge, there are no chosen people, we are all human beings.

When I countered that Archie Bunker didn't have to put down a race of people to say that, he replied, 'and you're the dumbest white kid I've ever met.'

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.