You can't make everyone happy. You just do what you can, and that's it... you're always going to catch criticism no matter what you do.

Pursue your dreams but have a backup plan.

I was taught, growing up, that there are two ends of the political spectrum: left and right. But there's so much more than that. For me, it's about liberty versus authoritarianism.

When I think about it, 20 years really seems like a blink of an eye sometimes. I wish I would have made a more concerted effort to enjoy things along the way.

I'm not worried about a 'blue wave,' I just think Republicans have to act like Republicans and govern like Republicans.

I'm as far outside of the mainstream political establishment as you can get.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Insight is the first condition of Art.

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd.

After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body's way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn't meant to be.