"I lost 28 pounds in my divorce…because that's what a soul weighs."

“It was accountability that Nixon feared.”

Source : "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

“I am one of those marranes who no longer say they are Jews even in the secret of their own hearts.”

“I do find it therapeutic, writing about stuff that was frightening and painful as a child, and managing to see it from an adult's point of view. To get it out of the closet onto paper, metaphorically speaking, is therapeutic.”

“I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.”

Source : 1796 'The Hasty-Pudding', canto1

“Skating is what got me into punk rock.”

Source : "Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 on staying young through BMX". Interview with David Anthony, music.avclub.com. May 27, 2015.

“People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.”

“When I first see the dailies, I look only at myself, but then you start to see the scene.”

“What is difficult about learning - any kind of learning - is that you have to give up what you know already to make room for the new ideas. Children are much better at it than grownups.”