here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.

Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.

The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.

Eraserhead is my most spiritual movie. No one understands when I say that, but it is.

When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

The evolution theory is purely the product of the imagination.

...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered.

No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am.

The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.

I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'

Half a calamity is better than a whole one.