Hemingway was a jerk.

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.

Hemingway was a jerk.

My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.

I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing.

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature.

Republicans must stop putting tax increases on the fiscal cliff negotiating table and start demanding that Democrats put forth serious proposals to reduce spending.

I grew up as a Christian. I suppose at some level I wanted to believe someone was watching over me.

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.

Since 'Christine' started screening, I'm overwhelmed by the response from women and men - that it's so rare to see something like this. We're just not given the opportunity so much.

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.

I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.

I guess the idea of doing albums in their entirety, in sequence, appeals to people. I guess it's the memory of being able to hear the music in the way it was originally presented.

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

I would probably choose supporting roles if I had to make a choice. It's actually a really hard thing to say. It's all on a role-by-role basis, ultimately. I shouldn't be so quick to say that. I feel like you're given greater license to be colorful and eccentric in supporting roles, and that's interesting to me.

Whoever I'm with, that's the person I'm with. That's the way I'm wired.

Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher.

Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.

Studies show that Avastin can prolong the lives of patients with late-stage breast and lung cancer by several months when the drug is combined with existing therapies.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

It's pretty rare to have CEOs or high level executives at big companies who are social activists. They tend not to be drawn to those areas of life.

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.

I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll.