“You can't get much done by yourself. Speaking as someone who made a mo...” — Boots Riley Quote

“You can't get much done by yourself. Speaking as someone who made a movie - and it took hundreds of people to make it happen - I can say that.”

“The Occupy Wall Street movement, in general, by putting this idea out there that the one percent is leeching off the 99 percent, is making a new discussion, making people figure out how to withhold their labor and come and put their issues on the table with the ruling class all over the country and all over the world.”

“I want to fight the McCarthyist state that's developing in this country so my kids won't live in a world where people are afraid to speak out.”

“Lots of people say we should fly less, heat less, and put on a sweater. But it's not going to happen. People are happy to say that for other people, but not themselves.”

“I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.”

“Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.”