I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.

This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.

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.

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing.

What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways.

Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.

I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse.