I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead.

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

I'm really impotent against the overwhelming bleakness of the universe and the only thing I can do is my little gift [filmmaking] and do it the best I can, [...] which is cold comfort.

I recently turned 60. Practically a third of my life is over.

Magic has always been of a great interest of mine. I was an amateur magician when I was young. I used to practice and read up on it a lot. I'm well-aware of the history of magic.

I've never dated a fictional character before. The closest I ever came was an Italian.

Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.