Abortion happens because of economic circumstances.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

After Chen Zhen, I wanted to make an emotional, touching story.

When you adapt a book, you really have to cut it to the essence.

Vegas; one of the few places still encouraging men in their fifties to dress like their in a boy-band from the 80's.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Gods and men honor those who have fought in battle.

The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.

You have the same DNA as the greats of the past who started revivals.

Self-study, in a sense of learning by yourself without anybody teaching you anything, has an enormous value.

When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected.