Clinton's fakery was so deft and deeply ingrained that it was impossible to tell where it ended and the real Bill Clinton began. This constituted a kind of political genius.

Al Gore's performances could be a case study in abnormal-psychology classes.

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.

Comedians still make fun of Bill's out-of-control appetites, but with Hillary, the mockery is about how she lets nothing be out of control.

There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.

In person, George W. Bush is extremely forceful. He has a restless energy when he sits in a chair, and nearly leaps out of it when making certain points.

Almost all political campaigns involve falsity and playacting.

Message to Obama: Fighting the Clinton machine won't be as easy as picking up favorable press clips.

It is Hillary's lot in life not to be able to fake it well...

Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists.

You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.

In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

(On period costume posture coaching:)"We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.

The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

Success is not fame or money or the power to bewitch. it is to have created something valuable from your own individuality and skill a garden, an embroidery, a painting, a cake, a life.

For 'Singin' in the Rain,' I bought most of the costumes - the 'Fit as a Fiddle' costumes and the 'Make Them Laugh' Donald O'Connor outfits and the 'Good Morning, Good Morning' clothes we danced in.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without being dirty.

I hate everything which is not in myself.