You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics.
Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.
I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
Most artists think they're frauds anyway.
A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.