Stoners are cute; junkies are sad.

Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out.

Why do my movies make people feel so dead inside?

There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.

Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.

Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.