I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

Embrace nature's brutal perfection.

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

It's not about being educated, it's about being civilised.

There's only been three giant promoters in our lifetime. There's Michael Todd, P.T. Barnum, and yours truly.

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy

Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

Whenever a maker and a thinker get together, really cool stuff happens.

Once made a mistake, it won't happen again.

... we cannot rule out the possibility that the changes of recent decades are part of a natural rebound from the 'Little Ice Age' that followed the medieval warm period and ended in the 19th century.

I know that I have a special stomach.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.