A country of inveterate, backwoods, thick-headed, egotistic philistines

Three keys to success: read, read, read.

Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.

The goal of socialism is communism.

When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.

You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.

People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

They say you can judge a person by their book, but I say they will hide under the covers.

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.

Do you believe in love at first sight? Or should I tackle you again?

When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.

I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

Keep your thinking right and your business will be right.