"As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing."

"I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing."

"I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things."

"Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none."

"Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon."

"No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man."

"Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States."

"It is a steadfast truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good — an essential principle for the reflective life."