We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people

Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA.

The camera is a natural attraction for a politician. And if a camera is here, we're going to be here. And we're going to say something, even if we have nothing to say.

I think civilian Americans support the military very much.

I'm not tired. I'm just checking my eyelids for holes. It could take a while

Creativity requires openness and growth mind to new experiences and explore new possibilities.

If God had a wife He would be in just as much trouble as any man.

Art's whatever you choose to frame.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.

I am not an autobiographical writer. I'll take little elements here and there from things that I've actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a sleeping beauty, for example.

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.

I don't think anywhere you go to get news is news anymore. It is commentary, but mostly it is the advancement of agenda.

Russian politics was focused for too long on fixing past mistakes - fixing the mistakes made in the 1990s.