"Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve."

“I have to say that I think maybe they did her a favor, and maybe she'll actually get help. Coffee's one thing, but coke is another. It's not something you want to really have as a problem in your life. I think we have to kind of stop rewarding bad behavior and actually start helping people.”

“When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.”

Source : Interview with Jerry Hopkins, Rolling Stone magazine No. 20, October 26, 1968.

“I'm not afraid of a world with less consumerism, less 'stuff' and no economic growth. I'm far more frightened of the opposite”

“At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.”

“Look at Goethe, at Lamartine and at many others! To depict feelings on this high plane, you must give up the process of minute and insignificant observation which is the bane of the artists of to-day.”

“Medicinal discovery, It moves in mighty leaps, It leapt straight past the common cold And gave it us for keeps.”

Source : Some of Me Poetry (1976) "Oh no, I got a cold"

“I consider discipline indispensable, but it must be inner discipline, motivated by a common purpose and a strong feeling of comradeship.”

Source : "Durruti Is Dead, Yet Living". Essay by Emma Goldman, 1936.

“The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.”