Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about.

- Penelope Spheeris

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.

- Penelope Spheeris

I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.

- Penelope Spheeris

If I could make a decent living doing documentaries, I would. I don't really care about [the other] stuff so much. But you can't make a living doing …

- Penelope Spheeris

This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.

- Penelope Spheeris

Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.

- Penelope Spheeris

I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.

- Penelope Spheeris

My mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen so that people could interpret it as th…

- Penelope Spheeris

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

- Penelope Spheeris