My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I think it's terrible to show that to kids. It's - I think you should - if you - if you do a piece where something violent happens and someone dies or is badly injured, you must show the pain.

There's no doubt in my mind that Bill Clinton will stop smoking cigars, will never smoke them again, as a result of what he did with that cigar.

Sirens wailed; the revolution had come to Harrisonville. Blood was flowing on Pearl Street.

Don't smoke. Don't kill yourselves. Don't maim yourselves. Tell your friends. Please don't smoke.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

There are certainly a lot of sins to be taken on. To take on smoking and movies is a weighty enough thing, I think, and it's one I've experienced, and it's what's caused me to live in-with my voice maimed for the rest of my life.