Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

China has had a long and complex history and has managed to evolve its own culture for 4,000 years. It therefore not necessarily true that we know exactly what is best for the internal structure of China.

One has to remember that every progress that has been made towards peace in the Middle East has come under American leadership.

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

When I first saw China, there were no automobiles. There were no supermarkets. There were no high-rise buildings. There were no consumer goods. There were no restaurants that were at least accessible that foreigners could see. It was a Stalinist society, and a very poor Stalinist society. So the economic system has totally changed, and the private sector in the economic system is now the dominant sector. It didn't exist at all as late as 1979.