Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

When you have a pipe salesman with a business called Macabee Pipes, I'd say you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.

This place [USA] is exploding with young people who are - they're like Nietzsche's hammer - going to break everything and make something better. The creative energy in this country, and what people are coming up with is very hopeful.

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie.