I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I don't want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows.

There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.