Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals.

Quote by Douglas Sirk

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At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and...

At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and...

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine...

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine...

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not...

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not...

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen...

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen...

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because...

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because...

But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of...

But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of...

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was...

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was...

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man,...

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man,...

I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives.

I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives.

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this,...

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this,...

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.

At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.

So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to...

So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to...

You have to think with the heart.

You have to think with the heart.

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the...

Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the...