The greatest propaganda coup of the American right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy.

I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world, have some adventures and then write about them.

I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist.

It's our job to get into the hardest-to-see places and bring back the best footage - we have the best footage of North Korea ever shot. If that's a stunt, then I'll keep on doing stunts until I die.

The human race is facing all kinds of problems, and all we are doing is pointing fingers and saying, 'Your interpretation of the problem is different from my interpretations of the problem.

I came to America from Canada because Canada is stultifyingly boring and incredibly hypocritical.

When you're 18, 19, you want to live fast and leave a beautiful corpse behind.

Once you have a certain amount of money, it ceases to be an issue. I'd rather put my cultural imprint on the fabric of life. After money, all you want is immortality.

There are only two companies in the world that can help me. That's Facebook and Google, because they are going to make me the largest digital network in the world, which is my goal.

I woke up. I was like, "Look, you can do anything you want - and you want a lot of things, so you should get to work."

I don't go to bars and stuff like I used to, but I live each day to make something.

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

The stars of heaven gives light.

Write down five character traits you admire most in your personal heroes. You now have a list of traits to emulate in your own life.

Yoga is a removal of the conscious awareness from the world as you know it - the world that you've constructed - through your focus within your mind, to something else.

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is a breezy, big-hearted treat, especially if you've ever wondered about the inner workings of America's national treasures--neighborhood bookstores.

No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.

If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.

Abraham Lincoln, who said, A house divided... is a condominium. Never got a dinner!

What America needs is a good five-cent cigar.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.