I have spoken, and I was understood. It's not like I'm a tragic person who wasn't understood. All those books are in print, all those movies are still out there, the audience gets younger. So I don't have that "I've got to do one thing before I die." I did it.

Wouldn't you rather your kid be a drug dealer than a drug addict?

I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.

Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.

To me, beauty is looks you can never forget. A face should jolt, not soothe.

I tried heroin. I shot up in high school, but I just thought it was so dreary: puking and nodding.

Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things that get on their nerves.