Whatever it took to get elected president of the United States, I don't think being a complete and utter moron is one of those predicates.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

...if [the 9/11/01 attacks] had happened to the Russians, about three major cities in the Middle East would have been parking lots in twenty minute and they wouldn't have worried about the consequences because there would not have been any because the remaining terrorist states would have said 'we get the message.'

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it.

The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.