Mostly I work really unconsciously, and I think if the scenes are really well written, which they are, and if I just throw myself into it, I don't really think about it.
[Dwight Eisenhower was ] a citizen of the world.
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.
There's nothing wrong with being organized. Things that change history tend to be organized.
Campaigns are fun. Campaigns are police escorts, they're airplanes, they're crowds, they're balloons, they're bands, a lot of fun. You speak in vague generalities. You get applause for slogans. And then governing comes. And governing is tedious and it's difficult an it's time-consuming and it demands your attention. And policy isn't vague generalities. It's specifics and it's based on knowledge.
This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year old Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon, all eulogized by our African American President.
Do you think, that I could still call you 'my dear'?
I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.
I have received a commission to make a poster against war. That is a task that makes me happy. Some may say a thousand times that this is not pure art. . . . but as long as I can work, I want to be effective with my art.
When you can completely love your ego unconditionally and accept it as part of how you express in this life, you'll no longer have a problem with it. It won't impede your growth - on the contrary, it will be an asset.