We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.

One-eyed Reuben 'Rooster' Cogburn is the role that finally delivered John Wayne his Oscar.

I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don't think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that's something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there.

You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the time this idea passes through the different filters of your mind, and into your hand, and onto the page or computer screen - it becomes distorted, and it's been diminished.

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

Just build your brand from day one, man. Your brand is your name, basically. A lot of people don't know that they need to build their brand, your brand is what keeps you moving.

The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

Fulla is the Arab world's answer to Barbie. Now, according to proponents of the clash of civilizations, Barbie and Fulla occupy these completely separate spheres. They have different interests. They have divergent values. And should they ever come in contact... well, I've got to tell you, it's just not going to be pretty.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Every day the choristers of the social web chirp their advice about openness and trust; craigslist follows none of it, and every day it grows.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.