I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations - I'm not an anarchist.

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.

My idea of Christmas is love. Love exists at all times.

The night comes on that knows not morn, When I shall cease to be all alone, To live forgotten, and love forlorn.

One of the best gifts you can give to an animal is a donation of a blanket to your local animal shelter during the winter months.

The more I know, the less I understand

People's fates are simplified by their names.

When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.

Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.

If you say in advance there is going to be a main candidate and then that doesn't count later, then that's going to be a highly problematic occurrence in a democracy.

happiness, unlike grief, does not clamor for a chronicler.

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.