You stay in touch with the boy who dreamed impossible dreams.

I do think the reality is, there is a general recognition of what I've accomplished.

I've always had a tremendously optimistic attitude about life, and the setbacks are never really setbacks for me, because I see it as a part of the adventure. And if you don't hold onto your dreams, you're a very foolish fellow, because dreams are what life is about.

What would make it very difficult to take society back to a repressive time would be technology. The arrival of the Internet.

The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my film idols.

The phenomena there is something in us that on the one hand bonds us with like people but somehow makes us suspicious of other people.

Americans are fascinated by our sexuality and frightened by it. And during the Reagan and Bush era you got an entire decade of anti-sex government. Sex is not the enemy. It is the beginning of civilization, family and tribe. Sex can be twisted and exploited, but in its most essential form, it's the best part of who we are. And it frightens us.