"I like the way blood looks in black and white. It's like a Rorschach test."

"I'm a big fan of kung fu movies. I love them."

"I think every film I make is a genre unto itself."

"The worst thing about movies is, no matter how far you can go, when it comes to violence you are wearing a pair of handcuffs that novelists... don't wear."

"I think every movie is a genre movie. A John Cassavetes movie is a genre movie—it's a John Cassavetes Movie. That's a genre in and of itself."