It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.

I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.

Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.

There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world. I have to say that I think for the large part, I would have to decide to describe them as crack pots. It makes no sense whatsoever, and isn't true, and won't be true, and to raise it as a serious issue seems to me to be irresponsible.