And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

You're dumber than you think I think you are.

I'm not supposed to be the one that's caught with his pants down.

In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically.

If you can find meaning in the type of running you need todo to stay on this team, chances are you can find meaning in another absurd pastime: Life.

Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie.