Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic.

Success is when the checks don’t bounce.

The most exciting thing is not doing it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it's much more exciting.

I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back.

If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is

If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. People are working every minute. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.