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People Expect Me To Be Dark And Gloomy, Then Write That I'm A Jolly Chap, And After All, That Is What I Am. I Think It's A Case Of An Absolute Romantic Naivety That There Should Be A Parallel Between The Work And The Artist.

Writers And Filmakers, That Is, People Who Describe The World, Suffer From An Occupational Disease. They Never Experience Moments In Life Quite Spontaneously. You Always Look At Yourself From The Outside. Even As A Child I Always Observed Myself And The World. I Believe That Everyone Who Chooses This Path In Any Way, Who Chooses To Be A Describer Of Life, Suffers From This Condition. It's Like A Mental Obsession. It Can Be A Great Pity Too. It Robs You Of A Certain Joy In Spontaneity.

If A Director Says He Doesn't Care How Many People See His Films At All, I Simply Don't Believe Him. Otherwise Why Would He Bother To Make The Film? The Only Explanation Would Be That It Would Be An Act Of Masturbation. I Think That Every Creator Is Looking For A Receptor. He's Looking For An Audience. There Are Two Parts Of The Equation: A Creator And, Necessarily, The Receiver Of The Work. It's The Same Thing For A Painter Who Wants His Paintings To Be Seen.

Unfortunately, You're Helpless When People Interpret Your Work Wrongly. There Are Simply People Who Can't Or Won't Understand Or Accept What You're Trying To Do. When You Take The Risk Of Expressing Yourself In Public, You Have To Open Yourself To That Possibility.

It's Impossible To Consider Living Without Ideals. However, When Ideas Lead To Ideology, That's A Very Dangerous Thing. Ideology Then Leads To Creating The Image Of An Enemy, And It Leads To The Murder And Massacre That We've Seen Since The Beginning Of Time.