If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

There are many ways to make the death rate increase.

At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.

Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by famine, riots, insurrection and war.

The reason for the past is only revealed in the future.

Maybe if I stretch my lips, I will remember how to smile.

If you possess the basic necessities in life, there is absolutely no reason to feel any sorrows. For there is someone praying that they could have your spot.

There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.

I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?

Dalton Trumbo was obsessed with justice.

"The Moderately Talented..." is just a commentary on the conflict that happens when a young artist girl looks up to you, but you're attracted to them in a different way than they are to you.

The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it.

For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job.

Being an older mom, I'm super mellow with my kids. Also, "curious" and "loving.