Our leaders are the finest men, that's whey we elect them again and again.

Some people you don't have to satirize, you just quote 'em.

A suffering world cries for mercy, as far as the eye can see. Lawyers around every bend in the road, lawyers in every tree.

Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned from Pete Seeger to have something for them to sing.

Chris Chandler reminds me of my own self way back when - listen to him Now!

Don't slay that potato, let us be merciful please.

As a school boy I played with a plastic grenade, it was grey and with caps, it was loaded. In the dirt we would cry and dramatically die, as it flew through the air and exploded.

In its power, clarity and shear beauty, Mack Bailey's voice reminds me of no one more than my friend, the late John Denver. I love to hear this man sing.

Use your health even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die do not outlive yourself.

My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

I've decided to aim a telescope at my neighbour's window. It's the closest I'll ever come to living with someone comfortably.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.

The entirety of the world's knowledge is in your pants right now.

I think that whatever nationality you are, you should be treated equally, otherwise you don't have equality.

Art remains the one way possible of speaking truth.

Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.

I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films.