The Role Of The Artist Is To

Although Human Beings Are Incapable Of Talking About Themselves With Total Honesty, It Is Much Harder To Avoid The Truth While Pretending To Be Other People. They Often Reveal Much About Themselves In A Very Straightforward Way. I Am Certain That I Did. There Is Nothing That Says More About Its Creator Than The Work Itself.

In A Mad World Only The Mad Are Sane.

Take Me, Subtract Movies, And You Get Zero.

Something That You Should Take Particular Notice Of Is The Fact That The Best Scripts Have Very Few Explanatory Passages. Adding Explanation To The Descriptive Passages Of A Screenplay Is The Most Dangerous Trap You Can Fall Into. It’s Easy To Explain The Psychological State Of A Character At A Particular Moment, But It’s Very Difficult To Describe It Through The Delicate Nuances Of Action And Dialogue. Yet It Is Not Impossible.

I Can't Afford To Hate Anyone. I Don't Have That Kind Of Time.