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Nothing Would Disgust Me More, Morally, Than Receiving An Oscar.

If Someone Were To Tell Me I Had Twenty Years Left, And Ask Me How I'd Like To Spend Them, I'd Reply 'give Me Two Hours A Day Of Activity, And I'll Take The Other Twenty-two In Dreams.'

Frankly, Despite My Horror Of The Press, I'd Love To Rise From The Grave Every Ten Years Or So And Go Buy A Few Newspapers.

You Have To Begin To Lose Your Memory, If Only In Bits And Pieces, To Realize That Memory Is What Makes Our Lives. Life Without Memory Is No Life At All... Our Memory Is Our Coherence, Our Reason, Our Feeling, Even Our Action. Without It We Are Nothing.

In Any Society, The Artist Has A Responsibility. His Effectiveness Is Certainly Limited And A Painter Or Writer Cannot Change The World. But They Can Keep An Essential Margin Of Non-conformity Alive. Thanks To Them The Powerful Can Never Affirm That Everyone Agrees With Their Acts. That Small Difference Is Important.