I think it's all independent films. There aren't any! If they were looking for me when I was making Polyester, then it'd be perfect, but they're not. I'm not looking for that. TV is much bigger and better now; far more people see it.

And I seek people who break rules with happiness — and not bringing pain to themselves.

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.

I just went to Times Square and the underground movies, sometimes three a day. I did get my education. But I really believed then, in 1966, they would not have allowed me to make any of the movies I made. Today, you could make a snuff movie at NYU and get an A.

I probably would have made [films] anywhere. Every city has something they're ashamed of. I would have made films about it and turned it into something positive.

I think social justice is important. I think it's not fair.