I just love Rome. It really does cast a spell on you.

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

To me, the Republican Party is the real great tragedy of the last 25 years because there are lot of good and decent people and a lot of good political points [that have] come from the Republican Party in the post-war period, but it has been hijacked by these fundamentalist wackos.

I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.

I consider myself a pretty good conversationalist, but you wind up being downgraded to idiot status when you don't speak the language!

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

[American family court] is a system that is corrupt on his best day. It is like being tied to the back of a pickup truck and dragged down a gravel late at night. No one can hear your cries and complaints and it is not over until they say it's over.