It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.

You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.

Politics in this country [USA] is always tough. It's always contentious, because this is a big country and a diverse country, and people have strong points of view, and we've got a great diversity of interests.

For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.

So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other.

The memoir was a very personal book. I wrote it as a personal journey and search about who my father was and how my family had come together and come apart - sorting all that out, you know, issues of personal identity.