In my day everything wasn't so PC.

Since I've been in the U.S. I've lost the back of my heart, 15 ft. of intestine and my marriage - and God, I miss my intestine.

And what is a stage dad, or a stage mom? It's someone who's protective. That's all.

That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very, very worst. It's the boring people that we don't want to see on television.

The minute you take away somebody the public's voting for, you're screwing with the program. There's no logic to it.

I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will.

There's no question 'Amazing Race' is a beautifully produced show.

A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

No one told me you can love someone and still be miserable. How is that possible?

Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost.

I am not interested in women just because they're women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors.

We may divide characters into flat and round.

Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe.

I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.

Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom.

I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.

To beat terrorism, there's only one candidate who can do it and it's Hillary Clinton.