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.

I keep wondering if there is an afterlife, and if there is will they be able to break a twenty?

Sex is like having dinner: sometimes you joke about the dishes, sometimes you take the meal seriously.

Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.

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

When I was a young man, my friends and I and all of us in New York were very influenced by French cinema. French cinema played an enormous influence on those of us who wanted to be filmmakers.

I can't with any conscience argue for New York with anyone. It's like Calcutta. But I love the city in an emotional, irrational way, like loving your mother or your father even though they're a drunk or a thief. I've loved the city my whole life - to me, it's like a great woman.