Stupid is never that entertaining. You can be stupid and sexy, stupid and funny but he's just plain stupid. That is not remarkable, that's what I mean.

You have to think of a new way to completely surprise people who think they're hip. I always said you could make an NC-17 movie with no sex and no violence. Now I don't know what that could possibly be, but if you could think it up, you'd have a hit.

To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to eat with proper table manners and all that stuff, to the point of rebellion. But I couldn't have rebelled from it if I didn't know it.

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

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.

I don't like heroin, unless you're a jazz musician and then you have to be on it because jazz is the sound of heroin.

My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.