There's something about living in the country that I think makes you inventive, because nature is full of miracles and wonder and surprises, and if you don't have much money, you have to make things if you want things.

The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with.

Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.

I hate losing laughs; they're rare things.

Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet. They, because they want to get their films made, they censor it.

I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.