My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience.

President Barack Obama started by accepting the military's counterinsurgency, but came out of Afghanistan having decided that counterinsurgency actually doesn't work.

What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's stability but the balance of power in the region.

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds; They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads; They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight, And dance on your pillow to wish you good night!

Through training there is knowledge. You can produce compassion, love, forgiveness. you can change yourself.

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.

I always used to sit next to Mel Blanc when we'd do the shows. When you have Jack Benny on one side and Mel Blanc on the other, you're not going to go far wrong.

One of the greatest assets of a farm is the sheer ecstasy of life.

The Daily Beast reports today that if Steve Bannon is denied a security clearance, the President could simply overrule that denial and order that security clearance.

The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.

I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.

I've got to tell you, I've played real characters before and people always bring up this word 'impersonation,' and I'm never entirely sure what it means.