When you come from the working class and you do well enough whereby you can provide a little bit better for your family, get a decent roof over their head and send them to a good school, that's considered a good thing.

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

Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.

Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year.

If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck.

As the country continues to dissect the recent natural disaster, we might want to start considering what about the disaster wasn't actually 'natural' at all. ... Human activity, the burning of fossil fuels, is causing global warming. Global warming is causing the oceans to warm. Warm oceans are steroids for storms.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?