The story of America is necessarily one of progress because if it's not than it's a stale story where we have not risen above Klansmen.

I love the bullshit morning shows. They're so stupid but I love them.

Blue jeans and Hollywood and rock & roll won the cold war.

British films are all "room with a view and a staircase and a pond."

We're a leader sure, but still a member of the global community. And that's true and important and when America acts like its worst self on the global stage is when we forget that.

Nietzsche said that everyone tells themselves the story of their life. That's true about countries, too. We're constantly telling ourselves the American story.

Nationality was - and is - far less a divide than age... because "everything is global, man!"

Language spread its warm, absurd rays over all my adolescent thoughts, and I felt the way we all long to feel: moody, lonely, lovesick and explosive with the prospects of tomorrow.

If somebody hurts you, it's okay to cry a river, just remember to build a bridge and get over it.

Where are the coconut trees bowing allegiance to the wind, the wide open spaces, the verdant green fields?

I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.

And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.

Every woman has the instinct, the propensity to profit from her charms, and there's a lot to be said for giving oneself without love, without pleasure.

Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.

Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.

But I don't work out. I pay people to do that for me.