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" I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics. "

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" I believe Sam Peckinpah is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and I hold him in high regard. "

" The freer a society becomes, the freer its arts can flourish and be exported. "

" I do have this belief that we all have a chance to be great, beautiful people based on how we are raised and our surroundings. "

" Classically, throughout all of our history, the movies in times of crisis have turned to military figures as heroes, because they are the guardians of our nation. "

" People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As long as they exist, they are going to be used. "

" Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even their lives: Watergate: Confidential sources. The Pentagon Papers: Confidential sources. Enron: Confidential sources. "

" If I have to answer one more time, 'Why did you want to remake 'Straw Dogs?'' with the emphasis on the word 'why,' I'm going to flip out. "

" Just because the boogeyman of the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, it doesn't mean the world is living angelically. "

" The United States military is probably the most socialistic institution in the United States. "

" There was scarcely a month during 1988 when Thomas Harris' novel, 'The Silence Of The Lambs,' was not on or around the top of the 'New York Times' list of America's bestselling books. "

" I have to admit that all of us creatively involved with 'Commander' absolutely intended to put the term 'Madam President' into the zeitgeist. I can't deny it. "

" I'll tell you this: you can look at all the masculine toughies you want - the Ben Roethlisbergers, the Russell Crowes, the David Petraeuses - but if you want to look at what a man should be - persevering, honest, a person who manifests his intellect into action - you need look no further than Roger Ebert. "

" We need to get young people involved in the running of this country. "

" Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to knock 'em out of the park. "

" Unfortunately, in this country, when we have the opportunity to be bigots in private, we take it every time. "

" I think that most of the young officers I know are leftists and liberals and Democrats. And the reason is this: All of our soldiers, the men that work for us directly, are minorities - blacks or Latinos. And we empathize with them. Our job is to advise them and help them. "

" The way that one feels about the story line of 'Deterrence' can tell us, I believe, about each person's conservatism or liberalism and precisely how tolerant he or she is of racism. "

" Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards. "

" 'Monsters of God' isn't just a series close to my heart; it is my heart, and I am very much looking forward to working with my fantastic team in New Mexico to create a top-notch series. "

" Former soldiers will almost always gravitate to the anti-war party. This happens for obvious reasons. The men who have been in battle tend not to romanticize it and tend not to take it flippantly. "

" Every filmmaker wants to get their audience talking. "

" Most people with whom I talk, often quite educated, think the military is made up of knife-between-the-teeth grunts, uneducated robots without any kind of free will whatsoever - people who goose step to Republican philosophy and particularly the Bush cowboy mentality. "

" The common denominator of the great women leaders in the world - Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir - is that they're dramatically nonsexual. "

" In my mind, I'm no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a genre unto itself - so long as you make it your own. "

" I think people were a little premature in writing off violent movies. They're going to continue being made, and audiences will continue going to see them. "

" When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact shot that you want - no guessing. "

" There was never a day at West Point where I didn't ask myself, 'Where would I put the camera?' "

" I can be accused of being acerbic as a critic and writer. "

" I still viewed myself as a reviewer when I was on radio. Was it appropriate for me? I think the answer is it's only inappropriate if I allowed it to affect my film reviewing. I don't think you will find any studio that said, 'Yeah, he went easy on us because he was shopping a script.' "