But it was I - yes I - who discovered the link between excessive masturbation and entry into politics!

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.

Have you ever taken a serious political stand on anything? Yeah. Sure. For twenty-four hours once I refused to eat grapes.

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy myself, but I didn't.

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 don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings.