The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done - dare I say it - in the name of God.

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.

The only reward for love is the experience of loving.

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.

When you say to someone "follow your heart", it actually refers to the rhetorical representation of various emotions, that are precisely produced from neural activity of the limbic system.

With an old head and a young heart, you can be a source of real strength [to others] who need your cheer and encouragement.

What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.

They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.

The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.

One thing you can't pretend to be is funny.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to like portray. I'm just being me.

Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices.

I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.