I went to school at a place that also shaped my life, Boston Latin School.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

[Barack] Obama seems to have no firm principles that I can discern that he will adhere to.

Miranda [Hentoff] is a complete musician. She's a composer, a singer. She writes scripts along - with her projects. And she's a superb teacher. Her teaching pupils have ranged from Itzhak Perlman to Sting.

The second wife [Trudi Bernstein] - the best part of that union, our two daughters, and that lasted about five years.

I'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.

Bill Clinton outshines John Adams in that regard.