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…

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I've always been able to survive by writing, though.

I've always been able to survive by writing, though.

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just...

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just...

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know?...

I think Francis at half form is better than anybody else by 50%, you know?...

There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in...

There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in...

'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.

'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated....

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated....

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen...

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen...

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling...

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling...

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to...

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to...

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you...

Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you...

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to...

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to...

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.

Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.