You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.

Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused.

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.

Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.

Dictating to dictators doesn't work; they are congenitally delusional about their own indispensability.

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing.

Your destiny lies in your own hands. But remember it was God who deposited it there!

If there is anything serious enough to make a difference in my ife, I will talk about it.

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is.

Do people think I'm cool because I was in a movie when I was a child? No. Well, maybe a little bit more than they used to. There's definitely a nostalgia factor.

Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?

If you want to grow a muscle, you must lift something out of your comfort zone. Push beyond what is comfortable, if you don't there will be no growth.