I'm a natural management guy. I had forgotten that. And I forgot how much I hate it.

Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen.

I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics.

It's not about 'NBC is evil.' It's about that media structure - CBS, ABC, CNN, even some of the smaller operations are now multinationals, with these extraordinarily diverse holdings.

One side sticks to the facts, and the other side is close to playing with its poop.

A bully is fighting out of a need to dominate. And is usually unwilling to take the consequences.

Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President.

The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.

I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room.

It's very tough to get yourself around the idea that there could be a mechanism being used or abused to restrict and alter the society in which we live.

You know the Art Rule: Do something that entertains/interests YOU, if you're lucky it'll do the same for others.

Don't ever lose hope because better days will come.

There's no such thing as a mistake. There are only experiences. Some are good, and some are bad. Either way, it is an experience we learn from.

That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.

I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.

As time progressed, my songwriting developed out of my bass, because that's all I could do. I decided to take it as far as it could go and to use my skill as a tool.

There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.

Yes, I am Aboriginal but I have the right to be avant-garde like any white artist.

As the struggle for survival has subsided, the question has emerged: survival for what? Ever more people have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.