If image is everything, how can the Democratic presidential hopefuls compete with a President fresh from a war victory.

There are many things we can live without but a sense of humor is not one of them!

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

At work, conversation increases productivity. And yet people go into work, put on their headphones. In one interview, somebody called it - they become pilots in their own cockpits.

My job is to try and bring attention to places that don't have it

You can find inspiration when you're not even looking for it.

For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation.

It's always unfortunate when a reporter is sent behind bars for failing to turn over sources. There's no way to say what the long-term outcome will be.

Is this administration, the Clinton administration, an administration that needed defending?

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

I think we have reached such saturation levels, the money at this point doesn't swing election.

...people cannot and do not want to live unrelated to others.

To believe in God is to be bold.

What business does memory have with time?

Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy.

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

It's all about chemistry. Talent alone won't get it done.

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.

The difference between a 20-something and a 30-something man? Wisdom. At 20 years old, we dont really get how sensitive and beautiful women are. By 30, were finally starting to learn.

later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.

Muslim brothers be damned; they're our greatest enemies. You know yourself that I'm a Muslim, even a fanatical Muslim. But that does nothing to alter my opinion of the Arabs.