The Christian-Judaic God does not exist, and if He did exist as described in the Bible, He would certainly not be a good role model.

Thievery is what unregulated capitalism is all about.

The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed, not to control guns, but to control blacks.

(Writing) - the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

The American work environment has to change, not the women. We should be recognizing that what women are not fitting into is a very narrow, male-dominated workplace of the 1950s.

The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse.

Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.

Life is not yours to take.

I think I have some interesting things to say and I don't think anybody out there is saying them.

[I watch] Fincher, Spielberg, Cameron, McTiernan. Just people who are good at staging action. I like to know where I am. I don't like the kind of cutting where you don't know where you are.

Will we be able to imagine a new culture of water?