"So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that."

“I kind of go to the beat of my own drum.”

“Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.”

Source : "Philip French's screen legends" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2008.

“Knowledge, whatever the form, could be as effective as a weapon.”

Source : Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, p.189, MIRA

“On the road, it's constant sensory overload, and it's easy to lose track of days and time and to get caught up in the constant giving of yourself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“The integrative tendencies of the individual operate through the mechanisms of empathy, sympathy, projection, introjection, identification, worship- all of which make him feel that he is a part of some larger entity which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. This psychological urge to belong, to participate, to commune is as primary and real as its opposite. The all-important question is the nature of that higher entity of which the individual feels himself a part.”

“Life insurance companies are failing to pay out death benefits when they know the person is dead, and they're claiming they don't know.”

Source : "Life insurance industry under investigation". "Not Paid" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. April 17, 2016.

“We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.”