I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.

I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people.

The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.

We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.

You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one.

I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.

There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.

It wasnt until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed.

My father loves his country and is ready to lead it. In my fathers gut: integrity.

I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far the most surreal moment.

I must be happy, he said, it is less pleasant than I should have thought.

I didn’t know what

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

The brutal regime of the dictator fell, the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.

There is wonder and a certain wicked pleasure in these giddy ascents and terrible falls, especially as they happen to other people.

Behind every piece of bad content is an executive who asked for it.

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to an organic body.

Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression ? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.