I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I will one day be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny.

Just write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control.

Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

CROUCHING TIGER is nevertheless a gloriously big epic, starring the Hong Kong action stars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh in a visionary adventure where the characters seem set free from the force of gravity.

I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles.

[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait.