We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.

As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do with the fact that my mother was always discussing things with my sister and me - also because I read a lot.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.

When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it.