I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.

America is an empire in decay. But we don't have to lash out and do damage on the way down. We can reverse some of the damage we've done. It's possible.

One of the most recent things we did [in Perceval Press] is a reissue of a fantastic documentary about Russian prison tattoo culture by Alix Lambert called The Mark of Cain. We've done books from Twilight of Empire, that actually has forewords by Howard Zinn and Dennis Kucinich and others, to books of poetry, photography, painting - all kinds of books.

One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.