Sirens wailed; the revolution had come to Harrisonville. Blood was flowing on Pearl Street.

A cigarette in the hands of a Hollywood star onscreen is a gun aimed at a 12- or 14-year-old.

There's no doubt in my mind that Bill Clinton will stop smoking cigars, will never smoke them again, as a result of what he did with that cigar.

Certainly on a political and a legislative level, Bill Clinton was effective, but the example that he ultimately left, I think for posterity, tragically, is going to begin with that single paragraph lead with the White House intern.

Politics has become entertainment.

I think the main issue is that a lot of the stars today are very addicted, and they simply feel more comfortable smoking as they act.

Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.