I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way.

I wanted to tell a story of violence and intolerance but in a contemporary way.

If your company is taken over for stock, I would sell unless I had a great reason. I'd ignore what read more

If your company is taken over for stock, I would sell unless I had a great reason. I'd ignore what the chief executive officer had to say.

It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion.

It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion.

If we are going to see a winter pattern, it should happen soon.

If we are going to see a winter pattern, it should happen soon.

The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that read more

The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate.

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot read more

You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. - Mr. Citizen, 1960.

This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put read more

This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put affordable housing anywhere it can be.

To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could read more

To threaten people and to accuse a country because a newspaper has published some cartoons or some information that could be interpreted as offensive for one group or another is completely inappropriate.

We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom read more

We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom and equality. He defended the rights of Palestinians, their freedom and independence.