"The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature."

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."

"You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving."

"Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords."

"By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate."

"You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form."

"In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait."

"I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business."