I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.

The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area.

Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to.

I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong.

Half of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment.

Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims.

When you stop expecting miracles, life is the miracle.

All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

My relationship with my sister is so central to my life. She's my closest friend, my biggest supporter, and I know she would say the same about me.

Be it or be it not true that Man is shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin, it is unquestionably true that Government is begotten of aggression, and by aggression.

I didn't come in here to argue with a woman with big hair

I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both.

Cocaine is totally different than steroids.

My work is loving the world.

Our nations are so close yet such a visit took 17 years. This will change & we will strengthen India-Nepal ties.

The best painting is totally non-narrative. It doesn't have to tell you a story.