Writing Requires A Great Deal

A Lot Of People Thought Of Me As A Threat To Western Civilization.

I Was Never Conscious Of My Screenplays Having Any Acts. It's All Bullshit.

I Suppose When I Started Out I Would Have Liked To Have Been The Darling Of Critics Or Something, But Everybody Wants To Be Loved And Admired.

A Lot Of Directors Don't Know What They Want To Do. Every Director I've Seen That Was A Good Director That I've Admired Knew Exactly What He Wanted To Do. They Didn't Sit There And Think About It.

I Became A Loner. I Became A Mountain Man. A Lot Of Those Things Are Very Good Qualities And They Help You Do Your Work, Help You Be Singular And Keep The Artistic Integrity Of Your Work Intact, But They Don't Make It Very Easy To Live Your Life.