I have a theory in life that there is no learning. There is no learning curve. Everything is tabula rasa. Everybody has to discover things for themselves.

Is there anything more dangerous than an ideologue who doesn't know he's wrong?

I always thought Henry Kissinger was a disaster because he lies like most people breathe and you can't have that in public life.

I can tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the American people think. There's going to be an awful lot more body bags.

Grab whom you must. Do what you want.

We're going to be really ashamed of ourselves when this whole story about Guantanamo comes out. Guantanamo is a really depraved place.

seeing a woman cough today made me sense a vague fear of death

If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.

There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.

I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.

Our bodies are the time machine.

Keeping a journal is like taking good care of one’s heart.

Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.

If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe.