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Every Decent Director Has Only One Subject, And Finally Only Makes The Same Film Over And Over Again. My Subject Is The Exploitability Of Feelings, Whoever Might Be The One Exploiting Them. It Never Ends. It's A Permanent Theme. Whether The State Exploits Patriotism, Or Whether In A Couple Relationship, One Partner Destroys The Other.

I Detest The Idea That Love Between Two Persons Can Lead To Salvation. All My Life I Have Fought Against This Oppressive Type Of Relationship. Instead, I Believe In Searching For A Kind Of Love That Somehow Involves All Of Humanity.

In The Last Analysis, Terrorism Is An Idea Generated By Capitalism To Justify Better Defense Measures To Safeguard Capitalism.

Since I'm Not A Second Marx Or Freud Who Can Offer People Alternatives, I Have To Let Them Keep Their Own Wrong Feelings. And I Don't Believe That Melodramatic Feelings Are Laughable-they Should Be Taken Absolutely Seriously.

Everyone Must Decide For Himself Whether It Is Better To Have A Brief But More Intensely Felt Existence Or To Live A Long And Ordinary Life.