There is no religion that has a monopoly on bigotry.

The world is a stage we walk upon. We are all in a way fictional characters who write ourselves with our beliefs.

You can talk to someone relatively famous, and they say, 'What do you do? What do you do for a job?' and I say, 'I make documentaries for the BBC, ' and you see their eyes just glaze over.

When it was time to meet a chimpanzee, I got very, very anxious because they have the strength of ten men, so I hear.

Not counting the brand of Sunni Islam practised by the so-called Islamic State, there is probably no religion in the world that comes in for more flak than Scientology.

It's in the DNA of Scientology that they don't trust journalists.

I feel like, if there's an elephant in the room, I'd really like to start off by introducing the elephant in the room. And sometimes it's funny.

More than a phone call or likes on facebook - Leadership

The trouble with being angry is that it not only makes you feel stupid, it encourages you to say stupid things as well. Stupid things that are hard to take back and impossible to erase.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.

Beggars should be no choosers.

When I'm at work, I'm remembering what I forgot to do for the kids, and when I'm with the kids, I'm remembering what I forgot to do at work.

In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country ... In Iran we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have this.

You too are a brand. Whether you know it or not. Whether you like it or not.

People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.