I'm not what you call your basic intellectual.

I don't write letters anymore.

I worry about international terror as a method for bringing about political change or sociological change in different countries. And this concerns me because our homeland is not - we see now, is not immune from this kind of dastardly attack. And so I worry about that a lot.

The rigidity of those pledges is something I don’t like. The circumstances change and you can’t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. It’s—who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

I think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat.