A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator.

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.

nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

Keep taking new paths to expand your horizon.

I'm sure there's drama in their past that I know nothing about, but when someone like Juliet- colorful, beautiful, determined Juliet- begs you to love her, how do you say no?

While I was busy reminiscing about my first day on earth, I had forgotten that I was falling to my death. Damned ADD.

I think that some people from other regions expect us to be like that so I think they overcompensate for that sometimes and they're victims to their own insecurity.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.

We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.

Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife - very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself.

It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.