Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.

The good old days are now.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.

I cannot exist as a solo artist.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

Strong leaders equal strong organizations.

I'm opinionated, but I'm not a vindictive person and I never say anything unprovoked, either.

The power of recognition is one of the strongest forces for stimulating human and social action.

I like photographing dresses in windows. I actually wore a lot of dresses in the '70s. I like them on other people now.

I think we're an inspiration to young people, to know they can be honest and not run away from influences that are not jazz. We're definitely breeding a new wave of jazz, for real.

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story.

If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.