When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.

Let's teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.

I always saw my role as getting LGBT to support the immigrant rights movement - which they did - and getting Latino organizations to support the women's movement, for reproductive rights. So that's kind of the work that I've always been doing.

People think my family pushed me into running for office. The person who pushed me most not to run for office was my father.

The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family... but as the head of the family.

I'm a children's book writer, and my wife is a musician. We've raised a family on income from songs, performances and books.

I loved American filmmakers when I was growing up. I didn't get to film school or anything. I was a very bad student. I just devoured film, but there was a point in my teens when I started to run a little film society.