We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

After my bypass surgery I knew I had to change my lifestyle, and then it occured to me - I don't have a lifestyle.

Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

For me, cooking is an extension of love.

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.

Well, gentlemen, life's just one damn thing after another.

We have made progress from where we were when President Obama took office, when the economy - our economy had just contracted almost by nine percent.

If instead of a figure you put the shadow only of a person, you have found an original starting point, that strangeness of which you have calculated.

A piece of art is never a finished work. It answers a question which has been asked, and asks a new question.

My characters are galley slaves.