"I have a big thing about killing animals in movies. That's a bridge I can't cross."

"I don't care if people think my movies are too violent or too this or too that."

"I'm a big fan of movies that are unique."

"If you have the passion to do it, and you do it and it doesn't work out—I worked for 3 years on a 16mm movie that became nothing but guitar picks. And I was very disappointed when I realized it wasn't…"

"This is a debased genre of literature, but I'm all about debased genres of art that people don't respect."