I love that Bob Dylan asked me to be in the first movie he wrote.

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.

I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

There is no normal life, there's just life. You live it.

I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep.

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

I'm very wary of news on television.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.

The problem with social media is that it's great for your ego, but terrible for your sanity.

We always hate people who surprise our secrets…

Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can be beneficial, but they can be abused, too.

The Statue of Liberty is meant to be shorthand for a country so unlike its parts that a trip from California to Indiana should require a passport.

The self is every person's true enemy.

The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored social class.

Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.

Most people struggle financially because they take advice from sales people, not rich people.

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.

If you're putting somebody down, you're doing it because you're just seeing a part of yourself that you don't like. That's all that is.