I had low blood sugar, a chemical imbalance, plus the normal nervous breakdown everyone goes through from adolescence to adulthood.

Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'

I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship.

I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.

My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'