If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

The smaller fry disappears while the bigger one still rules in the business world and also in other areas like politics.

His fingers have been slowly lacing through my hair.

In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars with each other. They destroy each other's identities.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

I like to have a good time. I'm playing a great game, so why should I stop smiling when I get on the field?

Let people live their lives, as long as they don't hurt anybody. As long as they don't destroy their own lives.

I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.

Money - like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself - is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself.