"I don't believe in the idea of 'guilty pleasures.' If you f***ing like something, like it!"

"When I start writing I write these crazy novels. And I don't know what to do about it. Well, write a novel. That's what you can do, write a novel. And don't make a movie out of it."

"If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great!"

"I grew up on exploitation movies. I grew up on kung fu movies. I grew up on spaghetti westerns. I grew up on blaxploitation movies. I grew up on all that stuff. And I love all that stuff."

"The good thing about being a writer is you can make up anything you want."