I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something.

I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the 'Flint Voice,' and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years.

Nobody has been arrested on Wall Street for the crash of 2008. They're not paying their fair share of the taxes. And now with the Citizens United case of the Supreme Court, they get to buy politicians up out in the open.

Three of the top six documentaries of all time, grossing, are made by me.

So is there a difference between Democrats and Republicans? Sure. The Democrats say one thing ("Save the planet!") and then do another--quietly holding hands behind the scenes with the bastards who make this world a dirtier, meaner place. The Republicans just come right out and give the bastards a corner office in the West Wing. That's the difference.

New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.