The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.

Big studio comedies are such a headache.

Many people have been able to get pitch meetings by just cold calling, especially the smaller networks and especially with the reality shows.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

I like to think about society as being a flock of birds: There seems to be a common consciousness in different time periods, and the new common consciousness reacts to the old standards.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.