Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.

I see myself being a father, hopefully a husband, but I'm very gun-shy. The older I get, the further the goalpost.

I prefer that we sit down and craft a bill that addresses the many challenges we face, not only domestically, but as a world leader.

The whole, 'Is the Internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

You are the only thing holding you back from happiness. You have the ability to change your life radically for better or worse.