I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same reason I smoked as I wrote, which is that they think their performance is going to be better.

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

The fight for democracy is a long-term battle.

Under Reagan's policies, inflation and nominal GNP growth shriveled much faster than predicted, throwing off government revenue estimates and resulting in budget deficits.

Saudi Arabia has historically attempted to influence politics in Beirut.

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