Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.

Politics is its own world. It is a court and if the king's eye lights on you, you are a powerful figure. If the king's eye wanders elsewhere, you are out, whatever your title.

Simplicity is all. Simple logic, simple arguments, simple visual images. If you can't reduce your argument to a few crisp words and phrases, there's something wrong with your argument. There's nothing long-winded about 'Liberté, égalité, fraternité'.

Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety; it is the goal, not the starting point.

The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

Sibling relationships are complicated. All family relationships are. Look at Hamlet.

Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the kind practiced by great artists, directors, writers, musicians, actors, who know how to touch a chord in humans everywhere.