I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.

There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.