In one question you are expressing a world of opinion. Because it is you who thinks that America has been mistakenly starting these conflicts. I happen to agree with you, and I will repeat what your question suggested...we have mistakenly gotten into one fracas after another. Why we do that [United States has insisted on keeping up a string of enemies, and the wars associated with creating those enemies], I think it's because we're afraid to look in the mirror and understand who we are.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think.

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of course they know. But they're comfortably ensconced in their country clubs and churches, and very far removed from the decisions that are made on their behalf.

Ratings translate into corporations, corporations that need a profit statement this quarter that's larger than the last.

I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.