Everyone Must Decide For Himself Whether It

Women Think In Sirk's Films. Something Which Has Never Struck Me With Other Directors. None Of Them. Usually Women Are Always Reacting, Doing What Women Are Supposed To Do, But In Sirk They Think. It's Something That Has To Be Seen.

Since I'm Not A Second Marx Or Freud Who Can Offer People Alternatives, I Have To Let Them Keep Their Own Wrong Feelings. And I Don't Believe That Melodramatic Feelings Are Laughable-they Should Be Taken Absolutely Seriously.

Every Decent Director Has Only One Subject, And Finally Only Makes The Same Film Over And Over Again. My Subject Is The Exploitability Of Feelings, Whoever Might Be The One Exploiting Them. It Never Ends. It's A Permanent Theme. Whether The State Exploits Patriotism, Or Whether In A Couple Relationship, One Partner Destroys The Other.

The Jews Have Never Been Ashamed Of Being Jews, Whereas Homosexuals Have Been Stupid Enough To Be Ashamed Of Their Homosexuality.

The More Real Things Get, The More Like Myths They Become.