Mimi Kennedy

“Don Siegelman should be a star in the Democratic Party. Instead, he's a former elected official sentenced to prison by a right-wing judge in Alabama.”

“Appearances are not truth. But every politician knows that his or her image, as well as his or her actions, can make the difference between failure and success.”

“I believe in campaigning for health care, not warfare.”

“Though pundits and politicians, weary of the story, are happy to omit facts about voting systems and their private contractors running our public elections, such omissions impair voters and democracy itself.”

“Friction is necessary for motion, labor necessary for birth.”

“In El Salvador, when neighbors were disappeared, tortured or killed, people doubted their own knowledge of the victims, and worried there must have been some secret guilt involved to deserve such punishment! That's how political terror succeeds.”

“For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.”

“I think especially older people, and I count myself one, in the business - people get to know who you really are. So there comes a time when you can't just go in and audition without everybody knowing exactly how you've brought up your kids, what you said at the meeting, what kind of food you cook.”

“I've got allergy pills upstairs in my room, and it says 'For Cat Work' right on it.”

“Change is terrifying for people who feel immune to it by virtue of status, divine appointment, or imagined irreplaceability.”

“All humans change. Development is our life. Transition, in labor, is the most painful time. Without change, there's no growth.”

“Allison Janney is amazing, and Anna Faris was a revelation to me.”