I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a great organizer. And I knew that she was going to have a political future.

To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have to love the contact, you have to love the energy, you've gotta love inspiring people and getting their adulation in return. You can't separate what's genuine from what is necessary.

I'm 40 years old. What I have seen my whole life is widening income inequality.

On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win.

We are born, we grow up, we live our lives as best we can. If we are thoughtful we are good parents and good partners. If we are wise we strive for integrity and intimacy. If we are fortunate we discover love and joy. If we are able, we make the world a little better than we found it.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

In the '90s it was irrational exuberance. Now it may be irrational doom and gloom.