The Radical Intelligence In The Moderate Position

There Are Times When Every Act, No Matter How Private And Unconscious, Becomes Political.

Being Neurotic Seemed To Be A Kind Of Wild Card, An All-purpose Explanation.

Writing About Writing Is A Bit Like Talking About A Conversation You Are Having; It Tends To Obscure Desperation About Where The Next Word Is Coming From.

Fear . . . Is Forward. No One Is Afraid Of Yesterday.

The Motion Picture Is Like Journalism In That, More Than Any Of The Other Arts, It Confers Celebrity. Not Just On People - On Acts, And Objects, And Places, And Ways Of Life. The Camera Brings A Kind Of Stardom To Them All. I Therefore Doubt That Film Can Ever Argue Effectively Against Its Own Material: That A Genuine Antiwar Film, Say, Can Be Made On The Basis Of Even The Ugliest Battle Scenes ... No Matter What Filmmakers Intend, Film Always Argues Yes.