The right woman is the one you can live with, not the one in your head.

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

That's one of the privileges of old age - you can give plenty of advice 'cause most folks think that's all you got left anyway.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

Home. It's being new and old all rolled into one. Measuring your new against old friends, old ways, old places, Knowing that as long as the old survives, you can keep changing as much as you want without the nightmare of waking up to a total stranger.

Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.