In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

When you're in a public profession like I was, and you stop doing it like I did, people think you're either crazy or dead.

I'm not interested in promoting myself or revealing to total strangers anything about me. That's not my job.

The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

Our vision of war is probably too influenced by the biggest one of all, World War II, where the forces of evil were so unambiguous and so relentless that there was no choice but to commit to total war and to demand unconditional surrender. Seldom, though, is it quite that clear cut.

The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.

My father was a Japanese prisoner of war, a survivor of the Thai-Burma Death Railway, built by a quarter of a million slave labourers in 1943. Between 100,000 and 200,000 died.