He had won, easily. This was something else he could do, and do well, and his Dad had been there to witness his success.

Today, with tears in my eyes, I telephoned the mother of one of our children (aged thirteen) who had spoken for the first time since the age of three...

When you have a vision of where you need to go, it sounds utopian. But when you get to the tipping point, your understanding switches.

I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.

If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.

The Pentagon's lost entire countries.

I wanted to be an oceanographer, actually. It's a way of going underwater. I've always been interested in how deep it was, you know.

Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.

Making music is so much more self-motivated. It's my own music. It's my own time. I don't have a team around me that's helped me make everything.

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian Ivashkov.

I literally believe I'm going to do everything I set out to do, which is a pretty amazing feeling.