Like The Man Said, Can Happiness Buy

[making Movies] You're Not Trying To Capture Reality, You're Trying To Capture A Photograph Of Reality.

I Don't Like Doing Interviews. There Is Always The Problem Of Being Misquoted Or, What's Even Worse, Of Being Quoted Exactly.

The Hardest Thing In Making A Movie Is To Keep In The Front Of Your Consciousness Your Original Response To The Material. Because That's Going To Be The Thing That Will Make The Movie. And The Loss Of That Will Break The Movie.

Man Isn't A Noble Savage, He's An Ignoble Savage. He Is Irrational, Brutal, Weak, Silly, Unable To Be Objective About Anything Where His Own Interests Are Involved-that About Sums It Up. I'm Interested In The Brutal And Violent Nature Of Man Because It's A True Picture Of Him. And Any Attempt To Create Social Institutions On A False View Of The Nature Of Man Is Probably Doomed To Failure.

Shooting A Movie Is The Worst Milieu For Creative Work Ever Devised By Man.