"The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties of private citizens."

“But calm, white calm, was born into a swan.”

“Id have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?”

“I don't know so much about my boys, but my girls, they all work with me. They know how to work. My daughters know it's not done till it's done, even if it's three or four in the morning. I don't want them to grow up with entitlement.”

Source : "Marie Osmond will never get over son's suicide, cried when daughter said she was gay". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2013.

“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”

“Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.”

“I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.”

“The bad guys I play don't want to be bad. It's the struggle between the part of them that's an animal and the part that's the intellect that's interesting.”

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

“I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.”