I don't read other writers because I'm writing all the time. It's too disturbing to read a writer with a good style when you're in the middle of putting your work together.

People who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much.

Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body - it just wears it out.

There are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.

I do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.

I really gave up being passionate about politics 10, 15, 20 years ago, because I think finally that there were forces in the country that are larger than politics itself. And so I find it a fascinating game, this wonderful stuff goes on in terms of watching the game. But If you get to down it, look, I`m going to root for someone, I`ll root at a football game, not for politicians.

In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent.