The best government is that which governs least.

To be a Russian writer at the end of the nineteenth century must have meant bearing an inescapably bitter fate. The more they tried to escape from Russia, the more deeply Russia swallowed them.

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

The thing which Reagan did, which was great, was he won the people. He marginalized the media. And that's what you need, an intellectual agility.

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

I prefer writing for myself to perform, I guess. But if I had to choose, I'd rather perform in someone's movie than write a movie for someone else.

Those who lead by example and demonstrate passion for what they do make it much easier for their followers to do the same.

All I heard was the blood rushing through my ears, and the distant rumble and crackle of the Lake of Fire. (And Khufu scratching himself and grunting, but that was nothing new.)

As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.

The scene that made me furious was watching Padme, a woman who just gave birth to two beautiful children, just giving up the will to live.

To beguile the time, look like the time.