[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it.

It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel.

Money buys access; access buys influence.

The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it.

It's the old headpiece that makes a man, the rest is all rubbish.

It's great to make your own choices, but there's a price to pay. I could've made more money or been more famous. I could be the current groovy guy.

'Rabbi' means 'teacher, ' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.

Time and space may separate us, but not the thoughts and memories that bind us.

I got this bad allergy - I'm allergic to bullshit.

That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.

With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart.

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.

I was often the only white girl in the Indian dance class. That felt funny, but doing Indian dance was great.