If I Couldn't Read, I Couldn't Live.

Intellectualism Came Very Late To America. That's Why Americans Are So Proud Of It. I Found Very Few Real Intellectuals In America. But There Are So Many Pseudo-intellectuals.

Your Characters Have To Remain Innocent Of What Your Picture Is After.

I Think The Great Artists (..) Have Always Thought With The Heart.

Throughout My Pictures I Employ A Lighting Which Is Not Naturalistic.

A Director In Hollywood In My Time Couldn't Do What He Wanted To Do.