"I just want the same rights that a novelist has... you can write a novel about a bastard, but he can be totally interesting."

"I have a big thing about killing animals in movies. That's a bridge I can't cross."

"I'm a big fan of exploitation films. I love them."

"I'm not a student of world cinema. I'm not a student of anything. I'm a fan."

"I'm never bothered that people say I don't make films 'from life' and that I have 'nothing to say.' I don't try to say anything but to create characters and to tell stories out of which meaning can ap…"