Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the pink cowboy hat.

The future is always a dystopia in movies.

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

I thought that punk in its original state was a revolutionary movement. But like surrealism, it failed in its revolutionary attempt.

The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem.

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

My God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to show.

The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me

Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

You may have the gift of giving.

I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

It's much more important for U.S. to be able to defend against foreign attacks than it is to be able to launch successful attacks against foreign adversaries.

The universe remains dark. We are animals struck by catastrophe.

If you're squeezed for information, / that's when you've got to play it dumb: / You just say you're out there waiting / for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

I have a fabulous life. It is interesting and rigorous. I work hard. So leave me alone. Watch my dust. Shut up.