I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.

Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.

This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

Lest anyone try to convince you that God should be separated from the state, our founding fathers, they were believers. And George Washington, he saw faith in God as basic to life.