Above All, A Director Has To Be

You Have To Be Very Careful To View Yourself With A Somewhat Skeptical Eye And To Remember That You're Not Here Taking Down Everything I'm Saying Because You Think I'm Such A Marvelous Fellow But Because Your Editors Say Go Get 1,200 Words Or Whatever On Chuck Heston.

You Could Say That The Paparazzi And The Tabloids Are Sort Of The 'assault Weapons' Of The First Amendment. They're Ugly, A Lot Of People Don't Like Them, But They're Protected By The First Amendment - Just As 'assault Weapons' Are Protected By The Second Amendment.

The Physical Mechanics Of Sex Are Pretty Funny Unless You Are Engaged In Them. Then They Are, Of Course, Marvelous.

You Could Think Of Extraordinary Examples To The Contrary: The Grapes Of Wrath... And Even Into The 70s.

I Think There Are Probably More Closet Conservatives In Hollywood Than There Are Closet Homosexuals.