Man Is A Unique Individual.

Film Is One Of The Three Universal Languages, The Other Two: Mathematics And Music.

Man Must Be Able To Recover, To Win Out, Triumph Over Adversity. And I Don't Mean Just The Little Adversity Like Paying His Room Rent Or Something. But Those Deep, Deep Human Adversities Because Something He Has Faith In Has Turned To Ashes. Where Someone He Loves Turns Out To Be Just Another Joke. You Get To The Point Of Suicide. But You Can Bounce Back - They Can't Completely Destroy You.

There Are A Lot Of People Who Believe That The Individual Can't Make It Himself. And That's Why People Want To Join Up In Various Herds - Herd Formation. So You Become Part Of A Herd, A Group. Group Power Of Some Kind. There's An Awful Lot Of Group Power People In Our Country [the Usa] - Black Power, Chinese Power, Indian Power, Woman Power. Everyone Is Putting In Together.

There's Music In My Films But You Seldom Hear It. Very Early I Got The Idea That The Important Things In Films Were People - The Actors. They Are The Intermediary Between The Director And The Audience. They Make Direct Contact. People To People Communication.

When You Get To Political Machines That Can Control A State, Then You're Really Into Organized Crime - Almost. You're Fighting A Political Mafia.