Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.

You know, the art films would usually be more, I mean the exploitation movies would usually be more lurid, but not that much more. I mean, actually back in those days that was what foreign films had. They had sex, they were selling Laura Antonelli.

When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.

I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie.

I've always seen in Westerns it described or it's shown very vaguely, but I wanted this - I want us to show what they're doing to them, so you can actually see it. And if you notice in the movie, you know, it goes even beyond just scalping and stuff.

I hate The Confederate cause. I've always felt that they are our Nazis and the rebel flag was our swastika.

I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.