Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major
World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
My family helped start [this country], we've been in political life ... since the 1690s, and I have a very possessive sense about this country.
Art is not a democracy, in fact art is the enemy of democracy
The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since.