"There's an obvious romance to being the drinking writer. But if I'm drinking, I'm not writing."

“I'm being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women's most personal choices.”

Source : "Who Decided That This Election Should Be About Sex?". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. February 22, 2012.

“Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.”

“You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who made mistakes but they were trying to change things.”

“Geek cred points for trying to stump me, but sorry, you'll have to do better than that. Would you like to try anime for a hundred?" When she looked blank, he sighed. "What took it down, anime, or the Jeopardy reference?”

“It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.”

Source : George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.704, Wordsworth Editions

“I wanted to go on the red carpet with a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans. And I still do. Because that's really who I am.”

“Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.”

“It is frustrating when in an interview people say: 'Give us your make-up tips' and 'How do you stay skinny?' I think: 'Do you ask a guy that?”