My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

Masturbation is the thinking man's television.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

It is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and nurishes the wish.

To be honest, I was kind of a shy kid growing up.

Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!

Self-acceptance is involved in this process. You have got to be able to look at both your dark and your light side and not get enamored or depressed by either.

I love the life of objects. When the children go to bed, the objects come to life. I like to tell stories about the life of inanimate objects.

I didn't tour Europe, because I didn't have any label support

I wish I had the gift of making rhymes, for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart since I have been in love with you.

Love frees us to embrace all of our history, the history in which all things are being made new.

I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.