I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage--self destructive, destroy the world rage--and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.

Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.