Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker.

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

I was the captain of the latent paranoid softball team. We used to play all the neurotics on sunday morning. Nailbiters against the bedwetters, and if you've never seen neurotics play softball, it's really funny. I used to steal second base, and feel guilty and go back.

My heart says one thing. My head says another. Very hard to get your heart and head together in life.

There's something about my films; they're informed by my sensibility. I have the same preoccupations, the same interests... there's just something in the nuance, and so you always know it's a film of mine whether I sign my name to it or not.