“The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another w...” — Neal Katyal Quote

“The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another world, where new characters live in otherwise unimaginable ways. It is one of the most powerful ways of generating empathy that I know.”

“Many programs are built on the government's spending power, and the existence of an extraconstitutional limit on that power is a worrisome development.”

“I've been in two different administrations, and I would say, particularly, President Obama was really careful to make sure that he wouldn't invoke executive privilege unless absolutely necessary. He only invoked it once in eight years, even though many years he had Congress opposed to him in terms of being from the opposite party.”

“I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them.”

“We don't always talk about that as a leadership quality. I think what's really important is having empathy, understanding the experiences of how someone is going to experience what you have to say.”

“Our culture encourages women to nurture men, making it predictable that many experience a seductive empathy for abusive men, as well as the misguided hope that love can obliterate an ugly past.”