We have not found any smoking guns.

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.

Never humiliate anyone.

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects.

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps a single individual who was able to make anthrax, dry it, and spread it through the mail and cause terror.

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much.

There are degrees of freedom. Complete freedom isn't always good, nor is the lack of it always bad.

If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.

Sometimes, instead of going down the road less taken, you just charge down the beaten path.

I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.

I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens.

I've picked passion-driven businesses where I create a concept, or produce a film, from scratch. You have to be tenacious to overcome the constant objections.

My mum taught me that redheads shouldn't wear pink, red or orange, but if you choose the right shade, such as a bright orange or a cherry red, it can look fabulous.

The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

The old men ask for more time; the young waste it. And the philosopher simply smiles, knowing there is none there.