"I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture."

“Even the darkest of villans-can have a hero's heart.”

“You're dumber than you think I think you are.”

Source : Robert Towne (1997). “Chinatown ; The Last Detail: Screenplays”, p.119, Grove Press

“I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.”

“Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law; and, when that is discerned, it is the duty of the Court to follow it. Judicial power is never exericised for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Judge; always for the purpose of giving effect to the will of the Legislature; or, in other words, to the will of the law.”

Source : Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 22 U.S. (9 Wheaton) 738, 866, 1824.

“The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.”

Source : "Expert: Africa Needs More than Foreign Aid". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 6, 2005.

“I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.”

“The single most important route of success is persistence - never, ever give up!”

“The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.”