Every accepted public quote

“I am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.”

“Under the rule of law, if the government wants to prevent firms from outsourcing and offshoring, it enacts legislation and adopts regulations to create the appropriate incentives and discour...”

“The language can be different, but the emotional lives are the same no matter whether you're doing Shakespeare or Stoppard or something else... The emotional life is all the same.”

“Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called 'strict constructionists.' Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight...”

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'”

“Writing a log line helps you define - for yourself - the essential elements of the plot. It will also let you know immediately if major components of the plot are missing.”

“Ah, God, it's barbaric, however you look at it,' he told Ruth. 'What, cremation?' she asked. 'Death.”

“Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty.”

“Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.”

“Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.”

“Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.”

“I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer -- and what trees and seasons smelled like -- how...”

“If black lives mattered, I believe that policing and immigration enforcement would not be the devastating force that it is in our communities.”

“The only airline I avoid like the plague is Ryanair. I don't like that, when you book, there are then all of these little extras to pay for, and you end up paying more than just flying with...”

“In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.”

“The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I...”

“Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a lot of stuff that nobody cares about. Imagine if the movie pages cover...”

“The fashion world is much more ephemeral than the film industry and moves at a faster pace, and it's got even more frenetic since the Nineties; more paparazzi hanging about and it seems to m...”

“Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.”

“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”

“He has Van Gogh's ear for music.”

“What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.”

“Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step.”

“There's a lot of people I'd like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder.”

“John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.”

“I'd like to create a lovable character for schizophrenia; it doesn't have a celebrity spokesperson because by the time somebody's schizophrenic they've lost all their teeth.”

“If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.”

“Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

“I play the Wicked Queen in 'Snow White.' I'm not typecast. It's terrible. I should be Prince Charming.”

“It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.”

“I was in love with the idea of love, so I created elaborate fictions for my relationships - fictions that allowed me to believe that what any given paramour and I shared looked a lot like lo...”

“I think I am typical in believing that the Peace Corps trained us brilliantly and then did little more except send us into the bush. It was not a bad way of running things.”

“Vince McMahon is a workaholic; he sleeps 4 hours a night. The last thing that you want to tell the old man is that you are burned out - you need a break.”

“When you don't know to raise love to everyone, you will fall in love with one”

“Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.”

“That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free...”

“We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered...”

“My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Glo...”

“You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must us...”

“The best times to visit the Gobi and Three Camel Lodge are June, and September through October. By the beginning of November, it is ferociously cold, while October can swing surreally betwee...”

“Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.”

“Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.”

“We work with the Spirit of God in prayer.”

“At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.”

“If you want something, work for it. Prayer is super-fantstic, faith is 'mwah'! But work is necessary and important. So work for what you want.”

“I got some cash from agents. I've talked to the NCAA. I think that should be legal. I want some money, too; everybody else is making money. I want to go on dates. I want to go buy myself som...”

“Time heals small wounds.”

“No one working as an astronomer is shackled in chains. This is a tremendous profession. There are lots of neat people, and you get to do cool things. If I had to say something negative, it's...”