In A Mad World Only The Mad

With A Good Script A Good Director Can Produce A Masterpiece; With The Same Script A Mediocre Director Can Make A Passable Film. But With A Bad Script Even A Good Director Can’t Possibly Make A Good Film. For Truly Cinematic Expression, The Camera And The Microphone Must Be Able To Cross Both Fire And Water. That Is What Makes A Real Movie. The Script Must Be Something That Has The Power To Do This.

Page 61: No Matter Where I Go In The World, Although I Can't Speak Any Foreign Language, I Don't Feel Out Of Place. I Think Of Earth As My Home. If Everyone Thought This Way, People Might Notice Just How Foolish International Friction Is And The Would Be Put An End To It.

I Am Not A Special Person, I Am Not Especially Strong; I Am Not Especially Gifted. I Simply Do Not Like To Show My Weakness, And I Hate To Lose, So I Am A Person Who Tries Hard. That's All There Is To Me.

When I Start On A Film I Always Have A Number Of Ideas About My Project. Then One Of Them Begins To Germinate, To Sprout, And It Is This, Which I Take And Work With. My Films Come From My Need To Say A Particular Thing At A Particular Time. The Beginning Of Any Film For Me Is This Need To Express Something. It Is To Make It Nurture And Grow That I Write My Script- It Is Directing It That Makes My Tree Blossom And Bear Fruit.

To Be An Artist Means Never To Avert One's Eyes.