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.

My mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen so that people could interpret it as they wish.

Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.

It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't.

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

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.