The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America.

I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can't go to sleep, and stay up way past my bedtime, hooked on the writing. Is anything better than waking up after a late-night read and diving right back into the plot before you even get out of bed to brush your teeth?

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

I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.

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

The anger I have about high school - which I do have because they discouraged every interest I ever had; actually I call it anti-education - that anger led to my career.

To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. But one must remember that there is such a thing as good bad taste and bad bad taste.