Over The Long Haul I'd Say That

I Don't Think Playing It Safe Constitutes A Retreat, Necessarily. In Other Words, I Don't Think If, By Playing Safe He Means We Are Not Going To Delve Into Controversy, Then If That's What He Means He's Quite Right. I'm Not Going To Delve Into Controversy. Somebody Asked Me The Other Day If This Means That I'm Going To Be A Meek Conformist, And My Answer Is No. I'm Just Acting The Role Of A Tired Non-conformist.

You Could Do Much More In Movies Than You Could On Tv, And Even Movies Were Heavily Censored. But In Television, The Areas Of Timorousness Were Fairly Laid Out. Race Relations. Sex. Politics. There Was A Whole Conglomeration Of Taboo Themes. And Even To Date, Though Television Has Become A Much Freer Medium, It's Still Far Less Free, Far Less Creatively Untrammeled Than Are The Movies. They're Infinitely More Adult In That Respect.

You Can Become Much More Independent, Much More Courageous With A Bank Account. And Also, Much More Independent And Self-reliant When You Know You Have Money Behind You.

In Terms Of Screenwriting Adaptations It's Trying To Cut Out Stuff That's Extraneous, Without Doing Damage To The Original Piece, Because You Owe A Debt Of Some Respect To The Original Author. That's Why It Was Bought.

There Are Weapons That Are Simply Thoughts. For The Record, Prejudices Can Kill And Suspicion Can Destroy.