Life is hard for insects. And don't think mice are having any fun either.

When you make the film, there's a big difference between when you're in your own home at the typewriter, and when you're standing on a mountain, or on a street corner, and buses are coming by-it's a different reality. You make a million changes that were never in the script, but that reality dictates.

There is no justice, there is no rational structure to it [life]. That is just the way it is, and each person figures out some way to cope.

The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5' 7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.

While we're waiting for a cab I'll give you your lesson for today. Don't listen to what your teachers tell ya, you know. Don't pay attention. Just, just see what they look like and that's how you'll know what life is really gonna be like.

Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.

I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.