You go to school to figure out who you want to be and how you can do it, and [maybe] I should have, because the films would probably be technically better.

As far as socially redeeming value, I hope I don't have any.

Hitchhiking, intrinsically, is sexual and dangerous. At the same time I never really felt scared. I was scared that nobody would pick me up and that I'd be waiting by the side of the road for a week.

I built my [early] career on negative reviews. There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. They hated my movies. You could never have that happen today. Critics are way too hip.

I'll have pot in my home for guests - I'm polite! - but I don't sit around and smoke by myself, ever. Not like I did when I was young.

Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.

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