When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a political mafia.

There are a lot of people who believe that the individual can't make it himself. And that's why people want to join up in various herds - herd formation. So you become part of a herd, a group. Group power of some kind. There's an awful lot of group power people in our country [the USA] - Black power, Chinese power, Indian power, woman power. Everyone is putting in together.

War to me is the stupidest way of settling anything. The whole damn thing goes to pieces.

Capitalism is supposedly free enterprise. Supposedly about the free individual. But capitalism itself is so massive that the guy on the street gets caught in paying rent, taxes, and he doesn't own himself at all.

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

In these days of wars and rumors of wars - haven't you ever dreamed of a place where there was peace and security, where living was not a struggle but a lasting delight?

Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed