Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

This Islam business kidnapped me.

Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.

I am pretty heavy into causes. I'm an active Democrat, I boycott grapes, and I work for prison reform.

The essence to me of all good drama is argument.