They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

Humbleness is the heart of happiness.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden deaths do.

The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.

'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society.

You know, I'd love to do a Maxim shoot. But I'm not going to do it, because that's just stupid to do.

My work holds up the mirror to hypocrisy, which puts me in a tradition of American writing that reaches back to Nathaniel Hawthorne.

You shouldn't ask why do you wear a hat? What you really should be asking is why are you not? How can a look be complete without a hat?

Steve Bannon, too, needs to be a unifier, doesn't he, as the senior adviser.

When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.

I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.