When You Get To Political

Most Ideologies Of The World Are Not For The Individual. They're Against The Individual. Communism, Fascism. Any Kind Of An Ism - Almost - They're Against The Individual.

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.

Things Own You. That's The Trouble With Capitalism. Things Own You. With Communism And Fascism - Ideas Own You. One Idea And You Can't Have Any Other.

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.

War To Me Is The Stupidest Way Of Settling Anything. The Whole Damn Thing Goes To Pieces.