From my perspective, we as a nation need to make policy a priority and drive the politics as a result of good policy.

When you involve yourself in a group like No Labels, …I think it is a positive step in the right direction of trying to get things done

I think in 2012 one of the primary issues that will get a lot of discussion will be comprehensive tax reform.

He looked at me like I was the stars when all I’d ever felt like was the dark nothingness between them.

A writer will always be a writer. It's not a choice, it's a destiny.

I won't say ours was a tough school but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like "What I'm Going to Be if I Grow Up."

If you're pursuing something that you love and you're learning something new, every day, that's the key to youth [staying young].

they reminded me of the biggest liar I ever knew personally. Was a farmer, too. Reputation of pretty good farmer at that, but he lied so he had to hire another man to call his pigs.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.

There is never a Jewish community without its scholars, but where Jews may not be both intellectuals and Jews, they prefer to remain Jews.

A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel.

If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.

It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for man.