A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted by.

People ask, quite legitimately, why [Betsy] DeVos and why not a lot of the others? But it's because it has to do with the special interest groups that run a lot of Washington.

... trash talk ... Washington floats on a river of aspersion.

When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got to stay interesting.

Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don't win.

I was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program.

On the [Andrew] Puzder point, I do agree there has been a double standard.