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Page 61: No Matter Where I Go In The World, Although I Can't Speak Any Foreign Language, I Don't Feel Out Of Place. I Think Of Earth As My Home. If Everyone Thought This Way, People Might Notice Just How Foolish International Friction Is And The Would Be Put An End To It.

For Me, Filmmaking Combines Everything. That's The Reason I've Made Cinema My Life's Work. In Films, Painting And Literature, Theatre And Music Come Together. But A Film Is Still A Film.

Although Human Beings Are Incapable Of Talking About Themselves With Total Honesty, It Is Much Harder To Avoid The Truth While Pretending To Be Other People. They Often Reveal Much About Themselves In A Very Straightforward Way. I Am Certain That I Did. There Is Nothing That Says More About Its Creator Than The Work Itself.

When I Start On A Film I Always Have A Number Of Ideas About My Project. Then One Of Them Begins To Germinate, To Sprout, And It Is This, Which I Take And Work With. My Films Come From My Need To Say A Particular Thing At A Particular Time. The Beginning Of Any Film For Me Is This Need To Express Something. It Is To Make It Nurture And Grow That I Write My Script- It Is Directing It That Makes My Tree Blossom And Bear Fruit.

People Today Have Forgotten They're Really Just A Part Of Nature. Yet, They Destroy The Nature On Which Our Lives Depend. They Always Think They Can Make Something Better... They Don't Know It, But They're Losing Nature. They Don't See That They're Going To Perish. The Most Important Things For Human Beings Are Clean Air And Clean Water.