I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.

In my religion it's actually better to know you're doing wrong and try to improve that wrong than to think philosophically that what you're doing is right and in fact it is wrong.

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man.

Right, " she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative.

A writer is like a stick of rock - the words go right through.

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.

I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it's me who has to come up with all the ideas.

Our immediate influence in b-boying was James Brown, point blank.

No coward soul is mine.

I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.

It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate.

One of the big failings of art schools is that students aren't given any teaching on how to survive as a one-person business, which is what it is.

The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan.