Once munching has begun, Schopenhauer held, the human will cannot resist further munching, and the result is a universe with crumbs over everything.

I hate the beach. I hate the sun. I'm pale and I'm redheaded. I don't tan - I stroke!

Over the years I've never written or made movies about political themes 'cause while they do have current critical importance, in the large, large scheme of things, only the big questions matter and the answers to those big questions are very, very depressing.

The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.

I foresee death by culture shock.

My ex-wife was a philosophy major at NYU. Yeah, she and I used to have deep philosophical discussions where she would prove that I didn't exist.

All the crap they tell you about... getting joy and having a kind of wisdom in your golden years - it's all tripe.