Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.

I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.

I couldn't think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow's leaders.

My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'

When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't exist, and we didn't need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.

I don't know what happens to you after you die. I'm not banking on there being, like, a heaven.

We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.