"I actually think I'm a better writer than I am a director."

"I'm not interested in making movies for children."

"I don't believe at all in test screenings or sneak previews where you hand out questionnaires to the viewers to get their reactions."

"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…"

"I don't care if people like my movies or not. I make them for myself."