If You're Not Allowed To Experiment Anymore

I Thought I Wanted To Be A Playwright Because I Was Interested In Stories And Telling Stories.

I Know That If A Film Is Ready To Emerge Out Of What I Write, I'll Be Able To Go Off And Make It Without Asking Anyone's Permission.

I Landed A Job With Roger Corman. The Job Was To Write The English Dialogue For A Russian Science Fiction Picture. I Didn't Speak Any Russian. He Didn't Care Whether I Could Understand What They Were Saying; He Wanted Me To Make Up Dialogue.

I Wanted To Be A Film Student Again, As A Man In My 60s. To Go Someplace Alone And See What You Can Cook Up, With Non-existent Budgets. I Didn't Want To Be Surrounded By Comforts And Colleagues, Which You Have When When You're A Big Time Director. I Wanted To Write Personal Works.

I Was A Pretty Shy, Lonely Kid. I Blossomed About Age 17, When I Went To College.