Figure out how to do things that have never been done before.

Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most.

Trump is, to some extent, redefining what we think of as polarization in this country. Where polarization has been seen as ideological, it is now being seen almost as behavioral.

An aware heart is a grateful heart.

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for.

If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it.

My idea of paradise is a straight line to goal

For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed.

I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.

If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is not the voice of God.

You know sometimes you're in a position of risk and you feel that you can turn good or bad.

I like a girl who knows what she wants and makes me work for her