Washington's a dangerous place.

I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.

In my religion it's actually better to know you're doing wrong and try to improve that wrong than to think philosophically that what you're doing is right and in fact it is wrong.

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.

There is danger in reckless change but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?

We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.

Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.

When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.

Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You've got the spirit of a warrior.

I consulted a therapist at Mass. General. After about 20 minutes, he stopped me and said, 'You're just a big existential garbage pail. Go home and relax.'

I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.