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

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

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.

I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don't send a thank-you note, repay them with sexual activity. If the book is rare or by your favorite author or one you didn't know about, reward them with the most perverted sex act you can think of. Otherwise, you can just make out.

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

So to make movies, if you're first goal is to make money, well you can! Make a tent-pole movie that China wants. But that's not the kind of thing that's really going to get your remembered. You're not going to change anything with that. You might become rich from it!

Not wanting anyone to pop my bubble by speaking to me, I immediately began reading Lesbian Nuns, and that did the trick. No one attempted small talk.