I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

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.

Don’t have kids until you’re ready. And when you do have them, have them all the way. They aren’t like some Cadillac that you can turn back into the dealership after three years.

Sometimes, the embers are better then the campfire. It's strange, but it's true.

You look around at the people in your life, one by one, choosing to hold on to the ones who make you stronger and better, and letting go of the ones who don't.

Turning images from within our minds into reality is a gift we are all born with.

Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.

By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.

I have a little name. That's why people can remember it.

I love you. You're my only reason to stay alive... if that's what I am.

One agonizing journey down the gauntlet of youth is enough for any man.