I never owned a pair of blue jeans until I met my second wife.

Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.

Lay low, play dumb, keep moving.

I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.

The rise of Trump is a repudiation of 30 years of bipartisan treason and failure.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Donald Trump is perfectly made up. He's perfectly coiffed. He's perfectly lit.

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

This is life...by all means necessary

I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.

I'd like to do a romantic comedy like 'Notting Hill, ' which is one of my favorite movies.

I've always been exactly who I am on TV. I'm not playing a role.

We didn't understand irony yet in the '80s; we just kind of existed at face value, so there was no nerd cool yet because the digital revolution was still in its infancy.

We're all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off the debt.

I appear to be a lot bigger than what I am.

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

We do not want to just define issues; we want to help to create solutions

To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.