We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.

As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.

I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job.

The concept of maximum promotion of human rights to the expense of the majority of people in fact undermines the entire concept of the human community.

There's an interesting study that says wealthy people get up three hours before their first outside appointment.

When you catch me playing something at home, it's somebody else's stuff where I can what we call steal licks from, and that's how I taught myself how to play.

You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless.

You feel a little weird, as a writer of scripted television for many years, to say you're a fan of reality TV. You feel like a traitor. But I am a total fan.

If there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me.