I've always been able to survive by writing, though.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

I've always had trouble with authority.

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.