There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered is based on a lie.
Jack Taylor was a private investigator in Galway, which seemed like madness. I used lots of Galway-isms, which seemed like madness, too.
Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.
One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market takes a hit.
Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.
I teach ethics at the FBI academy, which is ironic.
The West is in for a long, irregular confrontation - not with terrorism, which is simply a tactic, but with radical Islam.
I was into Jacques Cousteau as a kid and started scuba-diving around 14, which blew my mind. It was all colour, another world.
Web servers are written in C, and if they're not, they're written in Java or C++, which are C derivatives, or Python or Ruby, which are implemented in C.
But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle.
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquillity.
The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression.
Karma, when properly understood, is just the mechanics through which consciousness manifests.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.
The actions we took in the aftermath of 9/11 were harsh but necessary and effective. These steps were fully sanctioned and carefully followed. The detention and interrogation of top terrorists like Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed and Abu Faraj al-Libbi yielded breakthroughs which have kept this country safe.
I swim laps, which is nice because I'm weightless in the water.
