My Advice To Young Filmmakers Is This:

Making Money, Getting Yourself Status In This World Is Not Everything At All. But It Has Become Everything In America. That You Really Have To Get Going And Keep Up With The Jones'. Get A House And A Car And Other Things. And Pretty Soon You're Stymied. Things Own You.

I Was The Enemy Of The Major Studio. I Believed In One Man - One Film. I Believed One Man Should Make The Film. And I Believed The Director Should Be That One Man. One Man Should Do It - I Didn't Give A Damn Who. I Just Couldn't Accept Art As A Committee. I Could Only Accept Art As An Extension Of An Individual.

One Is Never Completely Satisfied. But I Can Say That I'm Not Dissatisfied. I've Been Very Fortunate. I've Been Given Some Gifts - To Take Advantage Of The Contemporary Times When I Made Movies. Gifts To Make Audiences Laugh.

Compassion Is A Two Way Street.

Any Kind Of Dictatorship, I'm Uneasy. I Just Don't Like Dictators. I Don't Like Crowds. I Don't Like Hordes, And I Don't Like Other People Telling Me What To Do. This Is Probably A Reaction Against People Telling Me What To Do When I Was A Kid. I Won't Join Any Group, Espouse A Cause Against Some Other People.