More important than the food pairing is the person with whom you drink the wine.

Black wines have become the rage over the last 20 years. I prefer our wines to be red.

Power without compassion is like a giant that blocks the sunlight.

The most coward person is the one who uses religion to win an argument.

No one can tell you what you can and cannot put in your book. So be brave and just write!

No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.

As long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train'

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

The only time you should look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.

Setting aside human rights and international law to have an agenda of war and killing and occupation to me is totally unacceptable.

Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.

The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.