[rewriting Is] A Whole Other

Sides Are Being Divided Now. It's Very Obvious. So If You're On The Other Side Of The Fence, You're Suddenly Anti-american. It's Breeding Fear Of Being On The Wrong Side.

The California I Knew, Old Rancho California, Is Gone. It Just Doesn't Exist, Except Maybe In Little Pockets. I Lived On The Edge Of The Mojave Desert, An Area That Used To Be Farm Country. There Were All These Fresh-produce Stands With Avocados And Date Palms. You Could Get A Dozen Artichokes For A Buck Or Something. Totally Wiped Out Now.

Keep Away From Fantasy. Shake Off The Image.

Film Acting Is Really The Trick Of Doing Moments. You Rarely Do A Take That Lasts More Than 20 Seconds. You Really Earn Your Spurs Acting Onstage. I Needed To Do That For Myself. I Would Hate To Say At The End Of Everything That I Never Did A Stage Play.

I Had A Definite Sense Of Somehow Being A Passenger In An Evil Vehicle Crusing Through Paradise.