“I don't think fascism is dying for.”

“I don't think crucifixion is the answer. I believe in the resurrection. I like that part of the story.”

“One reason to keep going is that the country was given to us as a sacred charge. It is, as Stephen Vincent Benet says in 'the Devil and Daniel Webster,' not the only place that created free man- but... Read More its a place that demands that we decide what to do with out freedom. You can only punish yourself, That's the existential view. I don't think there's any reward beyond participating, beyond being here. And the antithesis of reward is punishment, and the only punishment that can come is self-inflicted. I remain optimistic. Whether or not the optimism is justified, I don't know. I want to stay around for the third act.”

“I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.”

“You haven't lived until you've died in California”

“You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.”

“I found people looked better when they laughed”