I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.

Yet in a society of conflicting interests the only democratic way in which matters can be improved is through politics, and politics means the compromising of extremes in order to achieve that notorious half loaf which the passionate and the outraged never find sufficient.

We've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.

Can you imagine having a love affair going on and on decade after decade? Macabre.

There's no such thing as a war against terrorism. It's idiotic. These are slogans. These are lies. It's advertising, which is the only art form we ever invented and developed.