My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.

I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

There is no normal life, there's just life. You live it.

I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep.

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

I'm very wary of news on television.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.

The reality of life does not change who you are, it only changes your perspective.

I would not want to live in any other period.

I believe in marriage and fidelity.

Celebrity is a currency with an exchange rate almost as strong as anonymity.

The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

Positions are just a social construct that mean nothing to the enlightened man.

The relief of suffering is a great good. The curing of illness and disease - these are great human goods. This is the mission of medicine.

I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary, and was that ever on the best-seller list?

The knock at the door tells the character of the visitor!

The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.