"It's open really late; the food is great. I come in to write. During the day, it's way kicked back. They always play good music. I can sit for five hours, order some coffee and just work. I've been doing that at Toi for 15 years."

"It's a big Hollywood landmark to me. Tim Roth took me there before I cast him in 'Reservoir Dogs.' We went there to talk about the character. It was a lot of fun. It's a very 'Mean Streets' kind of place."

"Whenever someone comes to town and hasn't been to L.A. before, I like to take them to the Beanery. It's such a great experience. It's one of the few places that has been around for so long. There's one booth there too that I love. It's a little one, and there's a post there that kind of cuts you off. It helps you concentrate a little bit too."

"That is hands down my favorite place to rent a movie and the place I would say for anyone who wanted to bone up on the grindhouse-type movies. It's the last man standing. There are a lot of pretenders to the throne, but that's the real one."

"I like specialty bookstores; they're a lot of fun. Larry Edmunds is probably one of the best for cinema books. When you ask me my favorite bookstore, I actually think of places in New York, London and Paris. Here in L.A. I'd have to say that one, though."

"If there's one place I like to go to see my movies, that's the place. A lot of people are into the ArcLight, but I don't like the rules. I don't like the fact that you have to sit in assigned seating. That's the European approach, and I despise that stuff. They're trying to turn movies into opera. That's garbage. And you can't come in late? Hey, my audience is 15 minutes late for everything."