"I'm not really a director. I'm a man who believes in the validity of a person's inner desires. And I think those inner desires, whether they're ugly or beautiful, are pertinent to each of us and are probably the only things worth a damn. I want to put those inner dreams on the screen so we can all look and think and feel and marvel at them."
“I like you. I caused you a lot of pain and a lot of grief and- and I almost killed you. And I prayed, man. I prayed to God. I said, “God, please, dear God, don’t let anything happen to her ‘cause I love her so much, and I’ll do anything you say, God.” And, man, I don’t even believe in him, you know? But I mean, it doesn’t matter! We protect ourselves. So, when you talk about ethics and values and honesty… and I’m a nice guy and you’re a nice guy and- and… this and that, you know. I mean, it just doesn’t matter. Nobody cares. Nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other. So, we just go on…”