If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

Anger is how you feel. Hate is not letting your anger flow

Democracy is the process to elect government of the upper-class people, by the poor people and for the corporate people.

Onward Christian soldiers Marching as to war With the cross of Jesus Going on before.

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.

Movies are brand new. Film is less than 150 years old. It's brand new, compared to any other art form, all of which are thousands of years old.

The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.

The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.

I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much energy as they're willing to give to the picture.

When your art fails, make better art.

You have to take a plan that might work and make it work