I think I'm in the majority of Americans. I believe that I am in the mainstream of middle America.

You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense.

Middle class jobs prevent crime and violence.

I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.

I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries.

Most Americans, in their heart, are liberal and progressive. It's just a small minority of people who hate, they hate, they exist in the politics of hate, they don't believe two consenting adults should have the right to be in love and share their lives together and be legally protected by the state.

The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich.