We saw his [Donald Trump] children appointed this week to formal roles in the transition. A lot of ethics experts looking at that and saying that there is not a blind trust.

In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.

The thing to remember is that Donald Trump didn't rescue the Republican Party, he crushed the Republican Party. The Republican Party was so weak that an outsider came along and just wiped it out.

I do not believe that loyalty should demand defending behavior that I find abhorrent.

The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner?

Well, I did say we'll put it out and we'll put it out when we can. But I don't know what we can put out or when we can put it out.

I'm learning all the right vocabulary words - 'You're right, I'm wrong.'

From his moment of victory, a kinder, gentler Donald Trump - praise for the opponent he promised to jail.

The man at the center [Donald Trump], soon to be the world's most powerful, now shoulders the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans, the fear and anxiety of millions more.

Bill Kristol, is the focus going to be now on Washington and a real consolidation in Washington now. Republicans in control of everything.

Defeating Hillary Clinton in a campaign unlike anything we've seen in our lifetimes.

And at that moment the alligators burst into the room.

Bombay is a city where gossip is treated as a commodity.

Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown; Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!

I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.

We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.

The first thing I notice about a man are his shoes. Then I look at his watch.

I cherish my privacy, and woe betide anyone who tries to interfere with that.

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print

Wow, you survived a blackout. You're made of stronger stuff than ice cream.

Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.