I resist all established beliefs. My religion basically is to be immediate, to live in the now.

I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.

OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.

There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether it moves in my direction or away.

I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a cut in salary, so I didn't.

This town needs an enema!

I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.