Celebrity culture has gone crazy and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable and it also seems impossible to change anything.

This great though disastrous culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition perhaps there is more flexibility more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.

Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say 'Hey women already rule my life.' But with women more is more. The more there are the more the world gets used to seeing them. We change the culture. We begin to expand options and lead and manage.

I'm trying to change the culture in New York City that's hard enough!

Pop culture is a reflection of social change not a cause of social change.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty progress change - into crimes.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try instead to work with what you've got.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture not politics that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.