Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great; it's not a trendy town.

My hobby is extreme Catholic behavior - before the Reformation.

I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really get.

Dreamland Studios then was my bedroom at my parents' house, mostly [starring] people who were in my high school. They look straight at the camera; they're uncomfortable doing it. So, are [early movies] good? No.

I don't know how I made those movies. I went out every single night, I smoked pot every single day. I drank. We did everything, but I never became a drug addict or an alcoholic. Other friends are dead, many of them. So many people in this retrospective...in Female Trouble, almost everyone is dead.

I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.

Don’t sleep with people who don’t read.