To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.

Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.