There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

We live in the village. We have a summer place in Westport, Connecticut. We don't spend a lot on all kinds of things. But I have no complaints.

Greatness means setting out to make some difference somewhere to someone in someplace.

Great leaders think beyond yesterday, deal with the issues of today and focus on addressing the problems of tomorrow.

One can (not) learn from a fatal error.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.

How oft review; each finding, like a friend, Something to blame, and something to commend.

There are no simple words. I don't know why I thought I could hide anything behind language.

If you think success will make you happy, you have it backwards.