"I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That's all crap."

"In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them."

"I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators."

"Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R."

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

"Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit."

"No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent."

"Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment."