I think society has become more and more immune to reality television which is the most frightening thing in the world to me.

I think we all agreed to take a bunch of Xanax at some point.

I don't want you leaving laughing, I want to leave you shaking. That to me is true horror.

Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them.

I think people are getting more and more -unfortunately - inured to violence. People are less sensitive to things they should wake up about.

It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.

Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations.

Capitalism is the greatest poverty-fighting machine in the history of mankind, and I'm proud of the role I've played in it.

When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itself—a masterpiece of God.

Suffering is too strong a word, but writing is serious work. I pull the stuff up from me - it's not as if it's a pleasure.

Say too soon what you think and you will say what everyone else thinks.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

For what other reason would you have me save you? Because I like you? Better to be useful than liked.

Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.

The last I heard from my destiny, it wanted me to make a legal U-Turn at my next opportunity.