Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two people together, if there are three, one of them is climbing.

I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.

I do think that many religious people have enormous doubts.

Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.

This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.

One of the reasons the Europeans don't like the Muslims is because they are religious. Americans like the fact that they are religious. They just don't like the form it takes.

The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the desire to excel are secondary. Because fear is an enormous motivating force, many in the medium are afraid to make decisions, take chances, do anything innovative.