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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."

"To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that was an error, you know... part ownership in publishing was the kind of era that started a little bit later, when real businessmen started to manage artists."

"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."

"I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground."

"I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist."

"When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate."

"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one."
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"To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap."

"My most important professional accomplishment to date is the ability to keep working with absolutely no skills whatsoever."

"Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy."

"Onstage I do all the stuff I'd never do in real life, like lashing out at people who make me mad or freaking out in a long bank lineup. Performing allows me to fulfill all the sicko fantasies I've ever had."
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