The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

There are many ways to make the death rate increase.

At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.

Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things...as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.

When you seek love in every steps of life, love will seek you every moment of life.

What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?

My heroes are people like Philip Levine, who is simply like a god to me, as a writer. And he is a very good man, too.

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.

A good writer is always a people watcher.

God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit.

Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime.

I think I want to move forward. I want to move to Brooklyn and find a business Italian guy to take care of me.