Better to be a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks.

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.

Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.

I think we have a need to know what we do not need to know.

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.