I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.

The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.

Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.

If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

There is no other genre that deals with America better, in a subtextual way, than the Westerns being made in the different decades. The '50s Westerns very much put forth an Eisenhower idea of America, whereas the Westerns of the '70s were very cynical about America.

I live in the Hollywood Hills. When I see a cop driving around there, I actually assume that he has my best interests at heart and that he has the best interests of my property at heart. I think if you'd go to Pasadena, they'd say the same thing. And I think if you knocked on doors in Glendale and asked them, they'd say the same thing.