» It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it. Everybody has their own America, and then they have the pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can't see.
» An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
» Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there -- I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.
» Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.
» Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
» Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
» People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television -- you don't feel anything.
» Love and sex can go together and sex and unlove can go together and love and unsex can go together. But personal love and personal sex is bad.
» Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.
» The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.