It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well.

We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep school manners, the aristocratic calm, the Skull and Bones mystery, the dappled lawns stretching before New England summer homes. How else can be explained the Bush vs. Kerry match-up that confronts us this year?

If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.

What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin.

If you just rely on one model, you tend to amputate reality to make it fit your model.

I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.

It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive Stanley Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do. For me, to be able to try to make big films that reach a lot of people, and that hopefully have something to say, is a lofty goal, but that's my goal.