I went on a Buddha jag. I read 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist' by Stephen Batchelor and Karen Armstrong's biography of Buddha, which is a great book.

I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was 'Plain, Honest Men' by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same way. I kept getting in arguments about evolution and being bested. So I read Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species,' a fantastic book that is not that difficult.

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

Two must-haves for me are a great book and my iPod.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

What you don't know would make a great book.