New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

Let everyone evolve fast and understand humanity. Let the heart of stones be converted into heart of love.

It's hard to be a bright light in a dim world.

It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill

Courage is the rarest of all good traits

Think good, speak good, and be good.

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.

There's this freshness that happens within the first few takes of the actors actually listening to each other and actually really reacting.

When I'm writing, the romance is always the most important thing to me, but I really love adding in slices of real life, and for me that real life always includes animals.

If you think you can't do something, you can't. But if you think you can, you may be surprised to discover that you can.

What the other teams do is something that I can never control, so I just keep focussed on my direction.