"Man is a ape with a conscience."

"I've never been interested in making films that are easy to understand. I want to make films that challenge people, that make them think."

"The great thing about being a director is that you get to play God. You get to create your own world, and you get to control everything in it."

"Full Metal Jacket suggests there is more to say about war than it is just bad."

"I have a wife, three children, three dogs, seven cats. I'm not a Franz Kafka, sitting alone and suffering."