I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.

Everybody is so goddamn sure of themselves, it just makes you realize this is the curse of the modern world.

I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.

Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.

Fellini is a just a province kid. Rome exists for Fellini, not the other way around.

The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?

New York exists for me. Not me for it.