If I Couldn't Read, I Couldn't Live.

Intellectualism Came Very Late To America. That's Why Americans Are So Proud Of It. I Found Very Few Real Intellectuals In America. But There Are So Many Pseudo-intellectuals.

Your Camera Is The Best Critic There Is. Critics Never See As Much As The Camera Does. It Is More Perceptive Than The Human Eye.

My Idea At This Time, Which Was Slowly Developing, Was To Create A Comedie Humaine With Little People, Average People - Samples From Every Period In American Life.

A Director In Hollywood In My Time Couldn't Do What He Wanted To Do.

I Never Regarded My Pictures As Very Much To Be Proud Of, Except In This, The Craft, The Style.