Always stay in with the outs.

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less popular you are likely to be.

What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world.

I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people.

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.

A staff can be no better than the man it serves.

Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

We have to discover the essence of our creation for us to carry out our purpose as believers

God gave you the capacity to invent, work, create and to be brilliant.

Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and post-addicts who make such grand contributions to our society?

What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

As for dream roles, they usually just speak to you. I just crave complex characters.

If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It's a step process.

Mexico extends beyond its borders.

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.