If you're gonna build units for the rich, you're gonna build units for the poor.

A movement that seeks to advance only its own members is going to accomplish little

Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting works.

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

I believe we are entering into a period of political chaos. Out of that chaos is the potential for great evil, but there is also the possibility of great good.

This is a terrible time to be young, I think. It's really hard.

If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.

People who say that violence doesn't accomplish anything have not read history. I don't celebrate that reality, but there you have it.

A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.

Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.

Film really is a collaborative art.

Small shifts in your thinking, and small changes in your energy, can lead to massive alterations of your end result.

Courage comes from knowing that fear is a false perception.

If things are built on a poor foundation, there is absolutely nothing there”.

There might be false starts and do-overs. You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.

I find age such a foreign concept. I have to be reminded. I still have the extraordinary feeling of adventure, striking out into unknown fields.

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.

If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.

The hardest part of writing is not to get the ideas but to remember, why it is important to get them.

The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.