“You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this ...” — Richard M. Nixon Quote

“You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”

“It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.”

“If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.”

“When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie.”

“I think in our culture there's been a tendency for people to blame the audience. There is a tendency in our industry to say, 'The audience has left the building. People don't want culture anymore.'”

“I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really personal for me, that sort of creative outlet where you put your emotions to paper or put to song. I don't do it that much anymore, but to let someone in on that outlet and to have it susceptible to judgment is scary.”