This constitution aims at building a modern constitutional state based on the rule of law and free choice for citizens. read more

This constitution aims at building a modern constitutional state based on the rule of law and free choice for citizens. Whatever the results might be, it was a civilized step whose aim is to put Iraq among the free democratic nations. It was a great achievement for all Iraqis regardless of the results,

We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other read more

We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.

The opposition sees the response to this new crime should be the resignation of the president as the effective head read more

The opposition sees the response to this new crime should be the resignation of the president as the effective head of the security and the intelligence regime.

The fact that households are saving so little, even with strong growth in personal income, is a potentially troubling development.

The fact that households are saving so little, even with strong growth in personal income, is a potentially troubling development.

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities read more

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be read more

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.

You could hear a pin drop when he was done. It was definitely one of the most impressive interviews I've read more

You could hear a pin drop when he was done. It was definitely one of the most impressive interviews I've ever been around.

It was a madhouse, ... if you wait until voting day, then you've got the long lines and you get read more

It was a madhouse, ... if you wait until voting day, then you've got the long lines and you get tired.

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. read more

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.