I do take for granted, probably, the fact that I grew up in New York City, one of the most liberal places on earth, with bleeding-heart, liberal parents who took me to see 'Rent' and Terrence McNally plays from a very young age.
People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.
I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.
My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time.
I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' magazine, and the one that I remember the most - it's not necessarily my favorite - was when they dressed me as Castro when I was eight years old. I was in fatigues, camouflage hat, beard and cigar. I don't think I did that well with candy that year.
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
There was a generation of kids who were just kind of emulating distant heroes and wearing peace symbols, and parents who were thinking of themselves as liberal and removed from barbarity, but it also was the era of Vietnam. I very much was influenced - and I think the whole country was kind of in a state of shock - for the first time seeing the horror and cruelty of war.
My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion.
My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.
There are pockets of liberal, affluent America where parents don't want their kids vaccinated.
