Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution.

I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world, he's sort of God.

With grace and a keen appreciation of human nature, Nicholas Thompson has written a revealing, moving history of the Cold War through two fascinating men.

Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy

You CAN have it all. Sometimes it just takes a little time to figure out your strategy to get there.

……but work in the field has nothing to do with dignity or with anything except patience, concentration, and eternal vigilance

No one understands the lines you are writing, and after 25 years you are the only one that speakes that languge .

Suffocation is a cruel way to go.

I find it to be an ongoing challenge to keep the guitar from becoming too traditional.

There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors.

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

The lesson you have to learn as novelist is how to be collaborative, and how to say, "I don't get to dictate this."