“He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure.”
“God love the car. It has shown the naked heart that lives in all of us. Man invented the car but the car -- out of pure malevolence no doubt -- changed the history of the world by reinventing man.”
“I agree with the people who think it's slow. I wish to God they would have let me write the screenplay. But the worst person to ask about a film that's made from a book is the guy who wrote the book. He's always going to have bitches. . . . But I'm not bitching. . . . I'm glad they made it.”
“I like the acting in it. . . . Paul - I call him Paul Spaghetti because I can't pronounce his last name - he's talented. . . . I think he's one hell of an actor. I don't think that picture necessarily shows all his strengths. I thought the girl did a really good job.”
