I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities.

I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There's a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level.

Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.

A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front of a crowd. I felt like I was calling on all those other experiences.

I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear that society will collapse if it's not acting. To contrast those actions with other actions is important in making it feel plausible. Maybe we must have the size of the dream meet the size of the threat.

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.

My current goal is to change the way we think about antitrust and anti-monopoly.