I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.

Doubt undermines the truth your heart senses."..."Search your heart, " she whispered. "The answers are there, waiting. You have to be brave enough to see them.

I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.

There's a difference between racism and "I don't know any better. I'm clueless." Racism is like, "I'm trying to make you feel bad." That's racism.

Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to I just found out my mom does more dope than I do

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.

Curran and I mixed about as well as glycerin and nitric acid: put us together, shake a bit, and hit the deck as we exploded.

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.

I'm a physical learner. I learn from writing drafts, not reading them.

You really had to learn to protect yourself from all Gooks in Vietnam, or else you would end up dead.