I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.

For me, speaking is work. It's not like when you breathe.

I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.

What I like about masturbation is that you don't have to talk afterwards.

I'm convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.

You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no violence, no sex, no drugs, nothing.

I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates - starting with the fact that life becomes very boring for people who just try to survive, and are quiet, and try not to buck the system. And, of course, it can be devastating for people who try to speak against it.