Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on the destruction of whole societies.

[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not work.

Incarceration has become a business. It is in the interest of the police and the prisons to keep locking people up.

Through social media, we can start a global conversation. This creates an army of advocates - the power really is in the hands of the viewers.

Even the best documentaries reach tens of thousands in their cinematic window. I believe that by launching online, we could potentially reach millions.

How do you create a film that can reach millions of people and engage them in the subject? You have to take risks and try something new.

My measure of success is to walk into a restaurant and hear a table debating drug policy. Once the public start the conversation, the politicians will join - that is when we can create real change.

If you have a drug problem, you should be sent to a doctor, not a jail cell.

Whether through TV, film, online, app, or web, we will find ways to tell our stories with authenticity, and engage with our viewers beyond traditional means.

When it becomes acceptable to kill another man or woman, childhood dies.” whispered Laurence. “When it becomes acceptable to kill a child…humanity dies.

If you have the opportunity to help, then you have the responsibility to do it, do what is right simply because it is the right thing to do

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation.

When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back how you are doing, are you really telling the truth?

You can poke fun at some pretty difficult circumstances, and it's just a way to pop the bubble. I don't do that thing onstage usually, but offstage sometimes I might.

A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering.

It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments

The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.

Got to lose control before you take control.

Dad, I can count the number of normal school days I've had this year on one hand.