With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.

In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.