Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

I look at 'The New York Review of Books.' It's what it has been for 35 or 40 years, which is a highly sophisticated vehicle for anti-American self-hatred.

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't.

My idea of success has little to do with fame. I just wanted to know if I could play with the best musicians in the business.

Beliefs are stronger than mere ideas, thoughts and notions, be careful about what you believe.

The power of propaganda is to say something enough times that it becomes the Big Lie.

All throughout my work, even in the United States, I have worked with the greater Cambodian community.

A lot of people loved to hate my character on 24. I want to be the character people love to love.

He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.

Well, like I said, there's no reason everyone can't have a piece of the pie, even if there's a gordo there eating most of it.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.

I was just delighted to be a legitimate, for-real published author.

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.