Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black.

Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions.

I took a month long vacation in the stratosphere, and you know it's very hard to hold your breath.

Judge said, what you got in your defense son? Fifty-seven channels and nothing on.

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.