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Being A Writer In Hollywood Is Like Going To Hitler's Eagle Nest With A Great Idea For A Bar Mitzvah.

The Product Of The Artist Has Become Less Important Than The Fact Of The Artist. We Wish To Absorb This Person. We Wish To Devour Someone Who Has Experienced The Tragic. In Our Society This Person Is Much More Important Than Anything He Might Create.

The Work Of The Director Is The Work Of Constructing The Shot List From The Script.

How Can I Be Secure? Through Amassing Wealth Beyond All Measure? No. And What's Beyond Measure? That's A Sickness. That's A Trap. There Is No Measure. Only Greed.

When You Come Into The Theatre, You Have To Be Willing To Say, 'we're All Here To Undergo A Communion, To Find Out What The Hell Is Going On In This World.' If You're Not Willing To Say That, What You Get Is Entertainment Instead Of Art, And Poor Entertainment At That.