I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.

People who commit adultery must die. Everyone knows that. Any movie tells you that!

Civics is not only how to run the country before it's your turn to run the country; it is, in fact, the study of power, practical political power. And you must start that process at an age level when kids' brains are still open and malleable.

I believe that a nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself.

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

Theater is completely different from film or television. It has a beginning and a middle and an end and it's different every night. And it's far preferable to any other except in the sense of not getting paid, people who want to eat should do film and television.

The rules are all wrong today. The mandate of the media really does pre-date the founding of the United States.