Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

The biggest big business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture, refinement and distribution of anxiety.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.

Wisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

The major cause of problems are solutions

No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.

You can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.

Kindness: a waltz with forgiveness and hope.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

A novel is a static thing that one moves through a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one.

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.

Real responsibility means to live and speak in such a way as to help peoples faith and not to disturb it.

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.

In a dark time, the eye begins to see / I meet my shadow in the deepening shade...Dark, dark my light, and darker my desire.

I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.