The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers.

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.

Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.

The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that once drove reporters to defy authority and tell the truth.

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.

Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself.

I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.

We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.

War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.

The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism

This is where I belong, burning in these flames. For everything I have done wrong, I know I am to blame.

The little foxes that spoil the vines.

It is our business to go as we are impelled.

I sold my first screenplay six months before 'Glee,' but they had the option for a year and now it's back with me.

Now Nostradamus said that the king of Terror would appear September 1999. I believe Nostradamus knew his Bible and knew what the six day theory was, and so he could put it all together.

Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.

I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning.

If I think, I am lost.

Personal hatred and family affection are not incompatible; they often flourish and grow strong together.

Happiness is the possession of the excellence proper to us, and of the power subservient to it.