Isn't it nice of the IRS to tell the media where to ambush me before they tell me that the U.S. Attorney is suing me?

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno

The opposite of good is not evil; it's apathy.

Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through.

I raised four kids in six years.

Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain

One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo.

I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.

But would I have chosen to be Paul? I'd miss Will too much, the feel of his shins.

Angling is an innocent cruelty.

What will be / the sacred words?

You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

The more generous the benefit, the easier you make it to stay on unemployment insurance, and the less incentive there is for people to actually go out and do what it takes to get a job.

No," I said. And maybe it was only because Alaska couldn't hit the brakes and I couldn't hit the accelerator.

I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

It's very difficult to play when your lung comes out of your air

There are few punishments too severe for a popular novel writer.