The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.

I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.

Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.