Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

When I finish a job, I surrender it completely. I have to, because after that, it really is out of my hands.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

There is no feeling quite so lonely as failure.

I tell you, Richard, if you ever get ready to sell your soul, don’t bother to sell it to another human being. It’s bad business to even consider such a thing.

I'm reading a lot of poetry because it's a lot easier to dip in and dip out when you've got 10 minutes to yourself.

And death climbs up the steps one by one.

Thank goodness I had a great family growing up, a great foundation. But I will say my faith, my parents, my family, all that stuff is very, very important. And I'll say that until the day I die.

If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn’t the whole airplane made out of that stuff?

One of the reasons that politics lets us down is that we keep comparing it to our ideal narratives, to politics on TV or in the movies, which is tidier and better fits such structures.

The president deserves someone who can block for his policies.

The problem with property is that it takes so much of your time.