One person in the 60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known. And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.

I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Sometimes the little times you don't think are anything while they're happening turn out to be what marks a whole period of your life.

You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.

I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die

Fashion wasn't what you wore someplace anymore; it was the whole reason for going.

It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what they think you are.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

A lot of time should be spent on finding your purpose

If they ask you about me, tell them “She was the only girl who loved me with honesty, and I broke her.”.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

All art is based on non-conformity.

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

Only Hungry Joe had something better to do each time he finished his missions. He had screaming nightmares and won fist fights with Huple's cat.

The forehead of every work must shine from afar.

In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.