Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.

The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...

Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.

I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

...simple logic tells you that if somebody wants you dead you have one course of action: To get them deader sooner.

Just curious. Does the president of the United States have any advice for other teenage boys in America? Wounded warriors, for example . . .

It is okay to fall, but not okay to stay on the ground.

The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.

Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

When we achieve our goal we are satisfied and build a good self-esteem

The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

You and me have a better time than most can dream of, better than the best.

What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent.

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.

You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do.

If you stick to your work it will take care of you somehow.

The best thing about fear is that it provides a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate courage.

Welfare mothers make better lovers.