You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

This is a roadside attraction, ' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.

Never get tired of being your true original self. You are too special to be anything other than a reflection of your true identity.

We've been living under outdated immigration rules from decades ago. They're decades and decades old.

Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial.

What the meaning of human life may be I don't know: I incline to suspect that it has none.

Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.

Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.

How much past there is in a life, however brief it be.

I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmothers since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years.

Her expression falls slightly as she senses that my walls are up and she's not nearly strong enough to climb over. Not even today when she is leukaemia's version of Superwoman.