Other forces were at work besides conformism. But without the conformists, the great atrocities would have been impossible.

To abandon facts is to abandon freedom.

Most the power of authoritarianism is freely given.

Like Hitler, the President used the word lies to mean statements of fact not to his liking and presented journalism as a campaign against himself.

The whole notion of disruption is adolescent: It assumes that after the teenagers make a mess, the adults will come and clean it up. But there are no adults. We own this mess.

History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered more than we have.

Oh, I know what to do when I see victuals coming toward me in little old Bagdad-on-the-Subway. I strike the asphalt three times with my forehead and get ready to spiel yarns for my supper.

As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material techniques.

Do not let one's tongue outrun one's sense.

There are few things in this world more satisfying than having your son teach you how to play tennis, unless it is having a semi-truck run over your foot.

I love Françoise Hardy. She's my dream, she's just amazing.

Place principle above all else.

The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table.

I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.

You have to have confidence in who you are, because you never know who's depending on you.

Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.