“I grew up when people were afraid to 'come out' as gay. If you asked m...” — Susan Estrich Quote

“I grew up when people were afraid to 'come out' as gay. If you asked me how many gay kids I grew up with or went to school with, I would have said none - which of course could not have been true. The truth is I have no idea how many confused and frightened kids I grew up with. They are still out there.”

“But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious misconduct, you don't wait until the Thursday before the Tuesday. You run it early.”

“Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.”

“My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.”

“I don't want people to get confused. I'm not going to be putting out a gospel album.”

“If a bright-coated fundraiser was hassling a confused pensioner in the street, people would see, some hero would intervene. But it's happening in living rooms on landlines, and it will continue.”