Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.

I like to think about society as being a flock of birds: There seems to be a common consciousness in different time periods, and the new common consciousness reacts to the old standards.

I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.

Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

Don't worry much about the after-life, Just like you don't worry about your before-Life. Worry (and be grateful) about THIS life. This one DOES count

Most adults are knowledgeable to a child, but ignorant for their age.

Your net worth depends on your added value

Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!

My CPU is a neural net processor; a learning computer.

I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now.

I do consider myself to be something of a pretentious wanker.

What they don't know is that I went over the edge years ago, and lived to tell the tale.

Learning patience takes a lot of patience!

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.