Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself.

I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question what's going on and to try to fix things that you see that aren't right. I believed that as a young person, and I believe that today.

The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.

I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.

I don't believe that the Bush Administration had something to do with September 11th. I do believe that there were a lot of warning signals, but I don't think they were ignored on purpose - Bush just wanted to go to the ranch for a month.

Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined.

I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.