And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read.

I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years.

By the time I was at college, I became very alert to the question of racial discrimination, and I remember one of my first writing attempts had to do with a lynching.

By the time I came down from Yale, I was already more radicalized and had begun to read New Masses.

Maybe people do like wine. It's not as nice as just eating the grapes, but it's okay.

Before you talk to the world, talk to yourself. And, before you listen to the world, listen to yourself.

Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say far too much and do whatever the hell I want.

I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25

If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.

I looked at 73 climate models going back to 1979 and every single one predicted more warming than happened in the real world.

I found that I loved producing that kind of propaganda and I loved the power that a few students with a Macintosh computer could wield. I was hooked on communications at that point.

No wind favors he who has no destined port.

Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.