The idea that cinema can be dangerous is a great idea.

My dad was an autoworker, my mom was a clerk. Until I was thirty-five, I never made more than fifteen thousand dollars a year.

I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information.

I don't want to involve myself in the various arguments about why Israel was created . . . . . I want to deal with the situation at hand which is the ongoing killing on both sides. . . . . . . It's true that there's also much oppression of Palestinians in Arab countries, where Palestinians aren't allowed to vote or own property and are treated as second class citizens and pawns in the fight against Israel. But I'm not going to spend my time on this since there is isn't a whole lot I can do about it.

It's a lot of hard work to do a weekly TV show. It's certainly not fun.

I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax.

I'm not a proselytizer. I was raised Catholic. I am a Catholic.