Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.

Write what makes you laugh not what you think will make someone else laugh.

The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.

There's something inherently comic about the fact that politicians make things worse by worrying too much about something.

The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.

I always think you've just got to move on. If you keep wallowing in the thing that you've done for a while you get a bit stale.

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.

As a gut thing, my next project is always the complete opposite of the thing I've just done. So if I've spent a lot of time doing film, I might then do some radio.

I kind of like that thing of you being caught up. You think you can judge someone, and before you know it, you've been swayed by them, and actually you want more of them.

I'm a bit of a political geek anyway, so you tend to write how you think the rhythms of an administration will go.

Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.

David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism.

Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.

It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.

And Silence of the Lambs is a really smart book.

The Limeys want us in even with our hastily made plans and our half-trained and half-equipped troops.

I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.

Politics is like driving. To go backward put it in R. To go forward put it in D.

By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent.