I've had bad luck in my two previous marriages. The first wife left me, and the second did not. ­

None of the arts are any good unless you really are great at them.

You're a genius! And the proof is that both common people and intellectuals find your work completely incoherent.

But what if everyone in the world behaved like me and came here and shot Brisseau through the ear? What a mess! And of course we'd need valet parking.

The comedies are not a million laughs on the set. Its business and the dramas are business as well, really. When I'm writing it I struggle more with drama because I started out in comedy.

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

If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.