We all recognize that the Mid-east is dissolving into crises, and we know terrorism did not start with 9-11.
I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
I'm friends with a lot of Brits, and they tell me when they're over here what a huge phenomenon 'The Wire' has become. Some things just attain critical mass after they're already dead and buried, and I don't know why it was the case with 'The Wire'.
I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?
There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states.
I know that some people have different personas for the different things they do, and I'm not criticizing that - maybe it's a good thing - but I'm the same old person, so I take everything in stride.
I've never been impressed by somebody who came in with a crocodile bag, you know?
Cronenberg's a lot of fun, and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.
In the old days, there were three networks, and all of a sudden, Walter Cronkite is the most trusted man in America. Everybody believes what he says, not even thinking. In those days, we didn't even know it was being spun. We were very willing to just listen to it and go along with.
The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.
People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
I know me, and those close to me know me. But sadly, the outside world thinks I'm some kind of a crook.
I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.
It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
I just cut songs I love and that represent what I want to say. And if it crosses over, that's very flattering. It's cool to know that with people listening to rock and rap, I'm sitting on their iPods along with that stuff.
Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion.
I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.
