If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.