American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away.

I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times.

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they are usually the same lot who philander during the winter - albeit with less convenience.

New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The other is San Francisco.)

One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: You are.

The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries.

Believe me, if I looked good, it's not an accident.