We like nonfiction, and we live in fictitious times.

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office.

Every night I watch the nightly news. It's funded by the pharmaceutical companies. Virtually every ad is a drug ad. They get their say every night on the nightly news through advertising.