All the wrong people are against it, so it must be right.

Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder.

The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.

Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.

If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he'd have two.

Don't get mad. Don't get even. Just get elected, then get even.

Winning an argument with your wife is like winning the war with Iraq. Once you win, you're in even more trouble.

Never underestimate people.

Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.

If you say three things, you don't say anything.

When the facts change, you change your mind. I know that is a hard concept for people to get sometimes.

We're still family-owned, which keeps life a whole lot simpler. When my wife and kids and I decide to make a business move, we don't have to ask Wall Street about it.

The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear.

To be free means to be independent, not to be influenced by what others think and say.

Nonfiction-wha t the hell, that just says, this is nongrapefruit we're having this morning.

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us.

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

...language is never innocent.

A movie that I'm involved with and have a lot of love for, which is On The Road, does use a lot of handheld. It can be done beautifully. I'm proud of that. It's a very beautiful movie.

The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.