The script was classic Joe Eszterhas, intelligent, steamy and provocative. At one time, Eszterhas was Hollywood's highest paid writer, illiterate rock and roll bad boy whose 14 films glorified sex, drugsa nd cigarettes. Eszterhas also fought publicly with producers and politicians. In 1995 he argued that some of the misdeeds of the Nixon, Reagan and Bush administrations were more obscene than anything in an "R" rated movie.

Critics of Fox News have pointed out that Fox News does partisan propaganda, and there's ample evidence on a daily basis.

I think when Fox News goes to the Megyn Kellys, the Bret Baiers, and people who don’t have much experience, who haven’t covered campaigns, the result is, sometimes you have these inane questions that come out and, frankly, waste everybody’s time.

I thought Obama was brilliant. He's so informed. He's circumspect. He's articulate. He's thoughtful. Well, I think in my lifetime, there's never been anything like it.

I think that every day is a learning experience. I mean, every time I go to a school I learn something else from a teacher or learn something else from a student, I learn something else from a parent. There's so much to know when you talk about education.

Many conspiracies are not criminal, even conspiracies that involve slamming somebody.

There are a lot of folks at Fox News who bring a certain level of sophistication to their understanding of politics.