Basically [I become a Republican], pretty early. I had an English teacher that got me to subscribe to the National Review.

We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law.

The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the constitution than protect our nation's security.

We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.

Donald Trump is saying we're going to end the lawlessness at the border and we're going to push Mexico to do better. So there's been a reaction by the activist community to attack him.

Some of my best friends are FBI agents.

I am totally committed to maintaining the freedom and equality America has to provide to every citizen.

We need more American energy. It keeps wealth at home. It keeps our wealth from ending up in Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. It creates jobs at home.

Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

I believe that President [George W.] Bush was correct. I thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and I supported him steadfastly, and once we committed we should see it through.

I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.

Don't let what you thought you were yesterday keep you from becoming what you're meant to be today.

Why should i blame world, if i get wrong to recognize true and real faces of people

Poetry, at its best, is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak.

I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films.

I always look at my favourite photographs or favourite movies by James Bidgood or Sofia Coppola before I write my songs - they put me in the right frame of mind.

The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature.

7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.

The world proceeds from the same spirit as the body of man. It is a remoter and inferior incarnation of God, a projection of God in the unconscious.

As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer