I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.

In my religion it's actually better to know you're doing wrong and try to improve that wrong than to think philosophically that what you're doing is right and in fact it is wrong.

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

Dismiss any doubt.

A person who could withstand such dreadful insults from his or her enemies can have the ability to reach his or her potentials by becoming socially, educationally and economically successful.

Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then you do it for money.

Never run back to what broke you.

There is no place more delightful than home.

Transcendence means going beyond duality. Attachment means remaining within duality.

Rota's personality is compatible with mine.

Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.