Aren’t maids the ultimate art critics?
The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America.
Yeah, I know I should be fighting for gay rights, but who wants to join the army or get married anyway?
I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I’m doing. But no one really knows my personal life. And if you don’t have a personal life I feel bad for you.
My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.
People always ask me what I’m doing on the subway, but I love it! Sometimes I like to ride in the front car and look out the window at the rats.
Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things that get on their nerves.
Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you’re trying to get your next film made, you would never say, “Oh, my last film was a cult film.” I’d say, “Oh great, well I hope this one isn’t!”
Watching a movie should be like hunting. Out of context, every image of the cinema is yours for a split second. Take them before they bury it.
Even illegal weapons have lost their panache. Zip guns and shanks were at least homemade. Where is the craft in a grade-schooler firing a magnum? What is the world coming to? It’s not even bad to be a communist anymore!
If you ever go home with somebody and they don’t have books in their house, don’t sleep with them. I think that’s very important.
Censorship has been my best press agent my whole life.
Humor is how you change people’s opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they’ll listen, even if they hate you.
My favorite characters are people who think they’re normal but they’re not. I live in Baltimore, and it’s full of people like that. I’ve also lived in New York, which is full of people who think they’re crazy, but they’re completely normal.
I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer.
If you’re not sure you could love your children, please don’t have them, because they might grow up and kill us.
Just make sure your children hate authority and they’ll do fine.
I would never do hard-core pornography, because it looks too much like open-heart surgery.
I’m perpetual tourist, and that’s the best way to travel. Nobody gets used to you, you make new friends without having to hear anyone’s everyday problems, and you jet back still feeling like a know-it-all.
I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I’m afraid they won’t hold up.