You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to.

We've had the same set designer and the same crew in many cases since 1972.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family.

The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears.

Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.

It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.

Children would only get in the way of our erotic lifestyle!

If there's a heaven, I would probably go. I've actually a very nice person.

But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street.

I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.

Hello! Look at me! I am your reflection.

Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty.

True, but Little Sister is patient and she's always watching.

The Devil's out of fashion.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

I loved the fact that it wasn't my responsibility to change somebody, that it was God's, that my part was just to communicate love and approval.

Unfortunately, these past few years, you can work hard, try to be as successful as possible, follow the rules, and President Barack Obama will do everything he can to stand in your way.

I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.

My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. 'Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak. 'What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? 'I never know what you are thinking. Think.