The American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living.

Frustration is the wet nurse of violence.

in other words, if you didn't count the empty wine bottles and the iced over urine flows, it was the outer space that surrounded us.

The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.

The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interesting the art.

The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.

We create our fate everyday

In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.

Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

We should want small business, large business all doing well. We shouldn't want to punish them for the simple reason that they've gone into business, which is what the Democrats do.