Michael Moriarty

Violent drama has been a hallmark of every great civilization. It is not the cause of the disease - it is an immunizing factor. People go to the theater to experience emotions like fear and loathing. Violent drama shows us where we come from. It makes us face our hypocrisy.

Life is best when you are in love.

Once the Supreme Court in 1973 decided that infanticide could be legal, it not only ended America's 'inalienable right to life,' it threw the Golden Rule right off the shores of this continent.

Everybody knows my life - it's an open book.

Interviews don't go to the core of my life. Everybody knows my life - it's an open book.

I've had the most wonderful life.

If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination.

My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Never lose your faith in the American Dream. She's a nation under God, and God has never let a good American down.

I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium we've got right now.