So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.

I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.

There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.

It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.

Behind every humorist who delights in knifing hypocrites is a major self-critic.

Take pride in your uniqueness.You are powerful individual.

The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.

To succeed, we have to be the party of change, we have to root out corruption in our own ranks and we have to be the party of solutions.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

If you don't know what to do, find your worst Piece and look for a better Square.

Of course many bars in Manhasset, like bars everywhere, were nasty places, full of pickled people marinating in regret.

Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor, I have more education than most white people."

Creativity is the very source and the wonder of your experience.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.