Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

You should do everything as if it's the last time you might ever do it. Because, you know, it may be.

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place.

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

Of course I was a dork, but that's OK. Because all the coolest people I know were dorks.

I remember thinking, I want to work for the camera.