“My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films.”

“I failed to make the chess team because of my height.”

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.”

“Am I my brother's keeper? Yes. Interestingly, in my case, I share that honor with the Prospect Park Zoo.”

“I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.”

“I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.”

“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss Bank.”