The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.

I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.

I don't believe in Religion. I believe in Connection, Relationship and Spirituality.

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

In my life as a wife and mother, I'm always conscious of my desire to be present.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

I thought: If I was lucky enough to live, I'd change, myself-I realized I could have a new life-new energy, new endurance, and feel better about myself.

I gave myself two months to book a job. One month later I was cast on 'Modern Family.'