Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

The mind will enchain yourself, others or both. Your heart will set you / them free

The poorer we are inwardly, the more we try to enrich ourselves outwardly.

It is very, very hard to do that ballroom dancing and I am going to be nowhere near it. Now if you have a hot dog eating contest, call me.

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.

These people are interested in a wide variety of music, and that's what we're into.

Our children need our presence, not our presents.

If you can't be what you want, you learn to be the thing's you're not

I am funny, but I'm not about funny... I'm about peace & justice.

Comfort the weak and feel the poor. What on earth do we need government for?

Congress is not an ATM.