My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il!
The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.
These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything.
A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him
Our collective freedom. . . depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.
Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.
The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.
And I remember leaving my place in L. A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.
Ads are planned and written with some utterly wrong conception. They are written to please their seller. The interest of the buyer is forgotten