A Director In Hollywood In My Time

This Is The Dialectic - There Is A Very Short Distance Between High Art And Trash, And Trash That Contains An Element Of Craziness Is By This Very Quality Nearer To Art.

And In Movies You Must Be A Gambler. To Produce Films Is To Gamble.

I Worked For Ufa As A Set Designer, You Know.

At The Time I Belonged To The Socialist Party, And Hitler Came To Power.

These Happy Endings All Express The Weak And Sly Promise That The World Is Not Rotten And Out Of Joint But Meaningful And Ultimately In Excellent Condition.