The Best Pictures Are Yet To Be

No Saint, No Pope, No General, No Sultan, Has Ever Had The Power That A Filmmaker Has; The Power To Talk To Hundreds Of Millions Of People For Two Hours In The Dark.

Someone Should Keep Reminding Mr. Average Man That He Was Born Free, Divine, Strong; Uncrushable By Fate, Society, Or Hell Itself; And That He Is A Child Of God, Equal Heir To All The Bounties Of God; And That Goodness Is Riches, Kindness Is Power, And Freedom Is Glory. Above All, Every Man Is Born With An Inner Capacity To Take Him As Far As His Imagination Can Dream Or Envision-providing He Is Free To Dream And Envision.

Everybody Who Works Under Any System Feels Confined. It Is A Natural Reaction. You Are Confined To A Certain Extent. You Are Confined If You Work In A Bank, If You Paint. You Are Confined, In A Sense, To Your Art - The Enclosure Of Your Mind. Everybody Should Break Out.

I Was The Enemy Of The Major Studio. I Believed In One Man - One Film. I Believed One Man Should Make The Film. And I Believed The Director Should Be That One Man. One Man Should Do It - I Didn't Give A Damn Who. I Just Couldn't Accept Art As A Committee. I Could Only Accept Art As An Extension Of An Individual.

I Have A Feeling That Demonstrations Don't Accomplish Anything. That They Become Fads. I Also Feel That Demonstrations Wouldn't Go On Unless There Is A Tv Camera. That Part Of It All Is Performance For The Media. I Didn't Know Whether They Are Completely Honest.