Isolationism is over.

Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.

You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south, which of course will affect the atmosphere and us generally, and it'll happen more and more.

It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.

Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason.

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.

Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.

Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.

I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.

There is no truly global justice.

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

Isolationism is over.

Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.

I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.

It was a carefree period and we took to it like genuine lowlife.

The values of the Left cripple human beings, weaken cities, make it difficult for us to in fact survive as a country.

When a book goes well, it abandons me. I am the most abandoned writer in the world.

I came to trust in Jesus as my Savior after a two-year personal study of the Bible that convinced me that Scripture is free of contradiction and error - doctrinally, historically, and scientifically.

It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

You've got to allow yourself the things you enjoy or you'll just be miserable.

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

Many are called but few are chosen

I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

I hope what I do and what I just did inspires people around the world to reach for the skies.

I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too.

No, I am who I am. I'm not going to change for anybody.

Swimming Pool was a very important moment for me because the character was written for me.

Uhm, I'm the one wanting the lessons! I don't want to say too much about it because I'd rather have you see the movie, but he's trying to find his music.

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility.

My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.

This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determination, and showing up and being professional. The rest is out of your hands.

Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me.

I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well.