Well, if I don't get at least 16 hours, I'm a basket case.

You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

If you don't have fun doing the film, then the results of the film will never give you any fun.

My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films.

Is world peace possible or is the human race too innately aggressive? For instance: Have you ever seen women at a sample sale?

The roe is reputed to sleep for a thousand years and then suddenly rise in flames, particularly if it was smoking when it dozed off.

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