"I have a big thing about killing animals in movies. That's a bridge I can't cross."

"I don't believe in good taste. I believe in my taste."

"I'm not trying to make Hateful Eight contemporary in any way, shape, or form. I'm just trying to tell my story."

"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."

"I don't care about what people say about my movies. I make them for myself."