I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as Cincinnatus, the Roman citizen who, more than once answered his country's call, then returned to his farm and his family and his work.

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

She didn't strike me as a "crossword in ink" kind of girl

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not... Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it... Because the dream is within you. No one can take your dream away.

There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.

One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun.