I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats. (On the KKK)

I can't imagine any director directing a screenplay of mine, because the great directors all have very personal styles, and the ones that don't are not very interesting directors.

There have been times when I've thought about it - but with my luck it would probably turn out to be only a temporary solution.

I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.

I can't even make a leap of faith to believe in my own existence.

To me there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.