“That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was ...” — Eleanor Holmes Norton Quote

“That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was maybe the worst line I've ever heard in politics. You never - even when you're running against a bunch of racists, you never take off against the voters. It was a politics 101 foible.”

“Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.”

“Film is always a fight because you're the person, as the director, with a clear picture in your head of what you think is really exciting, and you're just trying to convince a bunch of other people to buy into that.”

“Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.”

“Immigrants have historically been an entrepreneurial bunch.”