Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity.

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.