Opportunity May Knock, But It Seldom Nags.

Films Have Degenerated To Their Original Operation As Carnival Amusement - They Offer Not Drama But Thrills.

Freud Believed That Our Dreams Sometimes Recapitulate A Speech, A Comment We've Heard Or Something That We've Read. I Always Had Compositions In My Dreams. They Would Be A Joke, A Piece Of A Novel, A Witticism Or A Piece Of Dialogue From A Play, And I Would Dream Them. I Would Actually Express Them Line By Line In The Dream. Sometimes After Waking Up I Would Remember A Snatch Or Two And Write Them Down. There's Something In Me That Just Wants To Create Dialogue.

You Wanna Know How To Get Capone? They Pull A Knife, You Pull A Gun. He Sends One Of Yours To The Hospital, You Send One Of His To The Morgue. That's The Chicago Way! And That's How You Get Capone.

Film Is A Collaborative Business: Bend Over.

The Purpose Of Technique Is To Free The Unconscious. If You Follow The Rules Ploddingly, They Will Allow Your Unconscious To Be Free.