Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.

One face to the world, another at home - makes for misery.

The whole point of view of the anarchist is that everything must start from the bottom up, from man. It seems to me so human a philosophy.

I don't know if I'm really the fastest. It doesn't matter.

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.

Speaking of competition in the fast-food industry. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me.

The quality of life decreases with heightened security.

The strength and clarity of your vision will lift you out of the depth of any hardship.