Everything About It Was Wrong.

But You Cant Shut Everyone Out. I Mean You Have To Have Someone To Love. . .someone To Hold On To. . . Someone--

I Guess It Could Be Said That The Inspiration For 'requiem For A Dream' Is Watching The American Dream Not Only Destroy So Many Lives In The U.s., But Infect The Rest Of The World With Its Obsession With Getting More, Ignoring The Deadly Effect That Has On The Planet.

For Weeks Tyrone Thought He Was Going To Die Any Minute, And There Were Also Times When He Was Afraid He Wasnt Going To Die.

Everything About It Was Wrong. Thats Why It Worked So Good.

I Think In A Way The Great Irony Or Paradox About America Is That It Makes It So Hard For The Sensitive Person, The Artist, The Impressionable Person, The Person Whose Raison D'etre Is To Incarnate The Creative Will, Rather Than To Just Make Money, And Yet That Extreme Difficulty That The Culture Poses For Us Has Created Some Of The Best Artists In The Last Hundred Years.