In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration.

We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills.

That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit.

Each generation must discover its own mission orl drown into the well of oblivion

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

I pride myself on having a journalistic remove.

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

I went through a lifestyle change when I dropped 40 pounds. Taking care of my diet was the first thing I did.

Don't leave home without your left hemisphere

I'm always like, "Maybe I can drive the car. I can still fly the plane!"

Ready when you are, Sergeant Pempbry.

I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.