I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer.

This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased.

The danger is not so much in the economic structure of a society but in its intellectual structure.

And I liked this extreme character of de Sade.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want to write songs; you just want to enjoy being happy.

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.