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I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.

A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now.

For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.

There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.

It isn't till now, in the American Century, as we have recklessly dubbed it, that tribal pressures toward conformity have been brought to bear so ruthlessly upon men and women seeking to work creatively.

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.

Culture follows power.

Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.

Having a few companies controlling everything we read, see or hear is destroying our culture.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.