Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.

People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people.

The danger of leaving overwhelming wealth and power in the grasp of a small minority is a lesson that leaders such as ousted Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak have learned a little too late, as the demonstrations across the Arab world indicate.

Everything I love about America is fragile.

As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.

Every minute you invest in kids you get back four times over.

I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.