Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was.

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

Power is the goal of religion in general.

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case.

If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.

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

If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.