The Critical Task Is Necessarily Comparative, And

Vulgarity Is Not As Destructive To An Artist As Snobbery.

An Artist Must Either Give Up Art Or Develop.

Movies, Far More Than The Traditional Arts, Are Tied To Big Money. Without A Few Independent Critics, There's Nothing Between The Public And The Advertisers.

If You Think It So Easy To Be A Critic, So Difficult To Be A Poet Or A Painter Or Film Experimenter, May I Suggest You Try Both? You May Discover Why There Are So Few Critics, So Many Poets.

When I See Those Ads With The Quote 'you'll Have To See This Picture Twice,' I Know It's The Kind Of Picture I Don't Want To See Once.