"I want to be remembered as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time."

"I don't do drugs anymore, but I used to. And I don't regret it."

"My movies are very personal. I'm working in a genre, no doubt about it... but to me all the movies are very personal."

"I don't care about being cool. I care about being good."

"Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with."