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I like hard movies; I like ones that are basically the opposite of a date movie.
People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries."
You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.
I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.
I like the elitism of the art world. I think art for the people is a terrible idea.
Do I like how digital films look? Sometimes, but sometimes it looks flat, and ugly.
I always wanted them to look like Hollywood movies; I just didn't know how to do it.
Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
Everyone's sex life is funny except your own. Every person's is, and yours never is.
Good actors, actually, in real life, are shy and very quiet people a lot of the time.
I was as equally influenced by Bergman as I was [low-budget sexploitation filmmaker].
No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke.
I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies.
My perfect day in Baltimore begins with getting my five newspapers. Then I would write.
I never thought I'd be 52 years old. I don't think that anybody at 16 thinks like that.
And I seek people who break rules with happiness — and not bringing pain to themselves.
True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks.
Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD.
I always had a work ethic. And I think I very much got that from my father and my mother.
I would never do hard-core pornography, because it looks too much like open-heart surgery.
And my little sister Chrissy, for teaching me that life is nothing if you're not obsessed.
God knows if you could start a new sex act that's more important than making a good movie.
[My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make 'Pink Flamingos.'
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely.
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square.
I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.
I get dumber as the day goes along. Every second of the day that goes along, I get stupider.
Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.
Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale.
Anyone from my past I'm interested in, I've already stalked their homes. I like to go outside.
It reinforced everything that I believe. I am an optimist. I believe in the goodness of people.
I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.
I've always been close to my family. I've got a lot of nieces and nephews, but I'm a good uncle.
Coke didn't last long enough; it gave me a hangover for two weeks for being high for ten minutes.
Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.
I've taught in prison; I've counseled people... I've been arrested; I've been to the psychiatrist.
Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag.
I tried heroin. I shot up in high school, but I just thought it was so dreary: puking and nodding.
In the 1960s, if you could save $500, you had enough to move to another city and start a new life.
I always say you need something weird on your face and some good shoes and nobody looks in the middle.
Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great; it's not a trendy town.
I don't believe in depression. There's no such thing. It's an invention. It's bullshit, it's a cop out.
Yeah, I know I should be fighting for gay rights, but who wants to join the army or get married anyway?
I think it would be fun to die onstage! Just drop dead in the middle of my show? That wouldn't be so bad.
People vomitied at my movies; not because of the movie but because they were drunk. I took credit anyway.
I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer.
I read, every day, the 'Wall Street Journal''s editorials because I like to think how my smart enemy thinks.
I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.
Always, European art cinema has been the most threatening and the grimmest and the most transgressive, I think.
I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.