Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

If you're offended, it's your problem.

To see things plainly, you have to cross a frontier.

In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.

There is a point beyond which conciliation looks like capitulation. I do not believe I passed that point, but others have thought otherwise.

I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I don't like blood and gore and I am very squeamish about violence, but Tarantino's violence is actually funny.

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.