My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future.

The shelf life of a movie actor or actress is so short, it's like milk.

Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.

It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline.

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.

I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everything's a remake; they want things that are familiar rather than things that surprise you.

You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.