I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds.

The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful intelligence in today's youth, and it's a part of growing up.

The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.

You can't get away, you can't escape. You'll jump through a plate-glass window several times and end up being right back in the spider's web.

If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light

No matter where you're going it's the wrong place

I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano.