I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.

Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.

The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

Don't pour a lifetime of effort into a seasonal relationship. Not everyone from the pilot belongs in the finale.

Half of life is lost in charming others.The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others.Leave this play. You have played enough.

I know the best moments can never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly half my life trying to do just that.

The best ad is a good product.

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does.

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

I love that experience of seeing a bad movie or a movie that you don't even know, and then experiencing it with your friend.

Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.