Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.

The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.

Alone, we are great, but together, we are better.

Comfort is not a goal that I seek, rather it is a place that I hide.

a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime

Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.

It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.

It's OK to have butterflies. Just get them flying in formation.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

I always have been introspective, since I was a little kid, since I could remember, I was sitting in a closet trying to write out the meaning of the universe. That's been my whole life.

I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.

I long to be in the midst of the children, and have more pleasure in their little follies than in the wisdom of the wise.