Look, people get drunk ... People chase girls. And the point is, it's a hell of a lot better for them to get drunk than to take drugs. It's better to chase girls than boys.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.

You are the mother, the father, the sister, the brother, the teacher and the guide for the soul that has been placed in your trust.

I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.

What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.

Javascript is the duct tape of the Internet.

Sometimes you just need to go through a door.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

I'm pretty instinctive. I'm a quick learner.

I like using snapshot cameras because they're idiot-proof. I have bad eyesight, and I'm no good at focusing big cameras.