Those who have witnessed executions say there is no sound worse than the weeping of mother watching her son being put to death. They're wrong. There is one sound that is worse. There is silence.

Words are like people, I think. Put too many of them too close together and they cause trouble.

Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.

I used to get drunk in venues after my shows and sign the walls "Ed was here." So if you see that, it was me.

What is evil?-Whatever springs from weakness.

Neoliberal ideology is enormously powerful.

The slave who dances is free ... while he is dancing.

You can measure distance by time. 'How far away is it?' 'Oh about 20 minutes.' But it doesn't work the other way. 'When do you get off work?' 'Around 3 miles.'

This life we have is short, so let us leave a mark for people to remember.

I'm a hard act to follow, because when I'm done, I take the microphone with me.

Great leaders make leadership look so easy.

It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing.