Pricks Quotes

Let me give you some facts of life. Every Friday, the front door of this studio opens and I spit a movie out onto Gower Street . . . If that door opens and I spit and nothing comes out, it means a lot of people are out of work--drivers, distributors, exhibitors, projectionists, ushers, and a lot of other pricks . . . I want one good picture a year, and I won`t let an exhibitor have it unless he takes the bread-and-butter product, the Boston Blackies, the Blondies, the low-budget westerns and the rest of the junk we make.

(On being seen as a `nice` celebrity) I don`t hold myself to some higher standard of behavior. You don`t have to do a lot to be seen as nice. I guess some of these people must be such rampant pricks that people are amazed when you say hello. I don`t know why people like me, and I don`t know if I want to know. That might be the kiss of death. I`d rather people not know a lot about me and go see the movies.

"If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren`t that successful. That`s something I learned sweeping floors at this recording studio called the Power Station. Mediocre stars were the biggest pricks, and the big stars were the ones who came in and said, "How`re those demos going?" - Keep pushing." (success and life)

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.