I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.

I can't believe I actually was in my own movie.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.

Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact.

Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild of America.

This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.

Big studio comedies are such a headache.

I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.

I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.

There are thousands of directors in Hollywood.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it.

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

Rabid fans were literally jumping into the camera.

Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that.

I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers.

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them.

In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far away from it here.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

It is the idea that it's a movie in a movie. So I did it.

It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.

Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.

Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

It is fun to try figure out the things that really are real and the things that aren't.

This generation has given up on growth. Theyre just hoping for survival.

I have to keep working hard and playing well because I don't like to be second or third: they're the worst places to be. You would be proud, of course, because it means you're on the way, but you want to finish first.

There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

I think you realise how terrifying and scary the world is when you're bringing kids into it.

As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, close to 100 ethanol refineries have been built.

Gay and lesbian people, and the children they are raising, wrongfully face discrimination, and I want them to know that I'm on their side.

I will cut all state taxes by at least one third.

All you can hope for when you get a book adapted for TV is that you get a good actor and not some muppet off 'EastEnders.'

Im not ashamed of being gay never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.

The futuristic city on 'Legends Walking's cover rejects any connection with the contemporary setting of 'Changer.' It was as if every effort was made to keep readers of 'Changer' from finding this stand-alone sequel.

I am certainly Italian in my love of food! I eat everything, but I love Italian food most of all. Even my daughter does. Her favourite food is pasta and parmigiana.

People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance a bit.

In my life, my parents wanted me to be a musician, I was supposed to go to Vienna to study piano. But this train wanted to go in another direction.

I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure.

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

If the goal of the DOT's rule is to prevent companies from deceiving passengers about the total cost of their ticket, why is the department mandating that airlines hide the taxes, surcharges and government fees in the fine print?

Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure.