I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.

I believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

Cordelia: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan.Oz: We attack the Mayor with hummus.Cordelia: I stand corrected.Oz: Just keeping things in perspective.

Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.

If I keep loving you, maybe you'll crack and love me too.

Nothing, nothing, the whole long day, nothing.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.

Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.

I don't want to be known as a jerk forever.

Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.