What makes people interesting is the spirit that shines through.

Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

We must try to contribute joy to the world.

If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough?

Movies are not about moving, but about whether to move.

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class.

[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as a message: Be cautious, be prudent, be bland, never push anybody, never say what you really think, offer yourself as a hostage to the weirdos even before they make the first move. These days, a lot of people are opposed to the newfound popularity of 'trash television,' and no doubt they are right, and the hosts of these shows are shameless controversy-mongers. But at least they are not intimidated. Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?