A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.

It's all right to be disillusioned, but you can't be disillusioning.

I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance.

You're in the democratic West now, lady. Anybody's as good as anybody else as long as he's got the dough to prove it.

It is only fair to admit, however, that my batting average in the crystal ball league is point, zero, zero, zero.

More people have been ruined by their upright friends than ever have been by their enemies!

The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.

There's nothing harder to stop than somebody who wants to believe a miracle.

Nobody's ever decided what success is, out here.

If you know the dark, you find it has a light of its own to let you see.

Men ruin cars. That's one of the things every woman knows.

That's how it is with legends. The greater they sound, the more must've got left out.

Neatness and cleanliness is not a function of how rich or poor you are but that of mentality and principle.

I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.

If the situation presents itself, I'm always going to play as if I want the job. You either play, or get played out.

I love France. France is a nice place.

On the Vanna White diet, you only eat what you can spell.

One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick, and it meant I had to support the family.

I think you have to draw from any character and bring it to yourself as much as possible.

I really think that women should be allowed to be more European, in this country.

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.