The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

The treasure of a lifetime lies in the sacredness of the heart.

Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.

I stuck my finger in his belly buttonand squiggled it around.“Belly button rape!

It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.

We're all given a window of opportunity, I think all artists are, of any genre. A window when you're truly relevant, the spotlight's on you and people are watching what you do.

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.

The daily life of a genius, his sleep, his digestion, he ecstasies, his nails, his colds, his blood, his life and death are essentially different from the rest of mankind.

I want to struggle and make films. It's not a financial thing, it's more of a who-I-am thing.

You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.

If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.