All the animals come out at night.

'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.

Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.

That's just my disposition - to create a situation where you have to come up with something.

The best advice is essentially that thing in the back of your mind that you really aren't sure of, and when you start to hear other people bring up the same concerns, you say, "Okay, let's address that."

You think it's a blessing to know what God wants? I'll tell you what he wants. He wants to push me over! Can't he see what's inside of me? All my sins.