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

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

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.

Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods?

You share things with people and I think information, and art, and ideas should be shared.

Army Specialist Bradley Manning deserves a medal, not prison.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.