I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.

I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'

You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order.

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.

But do remember that the most important risk factor for cancer is growing older. Most cancers occur in people over the age of 65.

My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.