Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

Also if you want to reach people theatre is not always the best way to do it.

The sport of horse racing which at its best showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.

All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on walking towards utopia which may not exist on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

Its attitude which it has preached and practiced is skepticism. Now it finds the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment I put on one of their records and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching they'll never be eclipsed.

I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.

Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon we shall reach a balance between content and technology.