Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.

The law is an opinion with a gun.

The whole point of the system is to bribe you with the leftovers of what they have stolen from you in the first place.

The only part of you that hurts when you're given the truth is the part that lives on lies.

If you can't share what's important to you with the people around you, then you have no relationships. It's all just proximity, and turkey, and sports, and weather, and bullshit.

The war on drugs is really the war on people who buy drugs from people who don't lobby the government.

It's not just the abuse of power that's the problem. It's the power to abuse.

When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign.

We raise predators by treating children as prey.

Democracy is the suggestion box for slaves.

The continual manufacture of enemies is essential to the growth of the fascist state.

In a way, I was safe writing

Too much shine, can dull the soul

The cannon thunders... limbs fly in all directions... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice... it's Humanity in search of happiness.

At Odessa we became Texans, and proud of it.

It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas.

Appear as you may wish to be

Now that the 90's are over and more time has gone by, the 80's sound fresh again.

To say 'well done'to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

I couldn't do my homework if my room wasn't clean. And it has carried on now that I am older, in a very freakish way.

As an actor and a director, I always let my actors go... assuming they have good ideas.