You know, circumstances can change, but I'm just not going to let my head go there.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. Putin.

I have never once regretted missing a business opportunity so that I could be with my children and grandchildren.

My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what.

I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was.

This is about your future. Nobody else can make the decision for you.

Don’t be such a dumbass, Gabe. Koalas don’t travel in herds. They move in heaps. Much like emus move in ripples, and kangaroos travel in photo-ops.

In a world of insanity, nothing is sacred. It's an insane world, nothing is sacred.

Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws.

My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.

It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.

I find the worst audition is the no audition.

I love cinema. It is the most important thing to me. Life is cinema. It has been this way since I was a child of about 14, and I was going every day to see the movies.

I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.

Why is it so damn hard for people to talk?