We need to do something about gun violence in America. But every time one of these things happen, we say the same thing, and then we don't seem to be able to do anything. And that needs to change.

Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.

If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you’re going to have to kill them.

And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.

I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are bad. You write a lousy novel and a lousy film.

I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore." And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.

Ridley Scott obviously an iconic director, he's made some fantastic films. Obviously a very smart, very tasteful, thoughtful guy. So yeah, I'm in good shape; got Ridley Scott with The Cartel.

I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.

Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.

The flower's are gone when the Fruits appear to ripen.

Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet.

Arnold Schwarzenegger met with President Bush. It's amazing if you think about it. It was the Terminator and the One-Term-inator.

It'll be kids next. I like the grown-up stuff. I like having a house. I've got dogs.

Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.

It would seem that more than function itself, simplicity is the deciding factor in the aesthetic equation. One might call the process beauty through function and simplification.

I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is a great idea, it's just the wrong guys."

A skeptic, I would ask for consistency first of all.

O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy, In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess!

Every offense is not a hate at first.