The time-honored role of the artist [is] to speak truth to power.

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it's not something that I practice or recommend, but to each his own.

If somebody's trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.

Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'