An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless violence, materialistic obsession, intolerance, and every form of hypocrisy.

The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on.

Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.

I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.