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.

Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.

I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.

Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.

If I could make a decent living doing documentaries, I would. I don't really care about [the other] stuff so much. But you can't make a living doing documentaries. Although it has affected my work, at least in that I think I make fairly realistic-looking pictures.