Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war is an intellectual concept. If you lose your son or daughter, it's no longer an intellectual matter.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.

This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war is an intellectual concept. If you lose your son or daughter, it's no longer an intellectual matter.

The wrong one will start saying things like "withdraw with honor." We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands and thousands of deaths. Democrats always want to look tough.