"Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially."

"Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual."

"When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen."

"If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment."

"September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world."

"From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important."

"As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded."

"Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life."

"College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity."

"L.A. is my American city."

"We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?"

"The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that."

"There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny."