And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war.

Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s.

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

I grew up a big fan of the J. R. Ewing character of the 'Dallas' TV show, and I grew up around people who were very similar to J. R.: they had come into a ton of money. And they loved to flaunt it and loved to drive fancy cars and wear the big cowboy hats and nice suits.

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.

We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.

Once Playboy came to me, all the preachers ran. I needed to pose in Playboy to make money.