Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

Quote by William Friedkin

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Technique is of less interest than character and story.

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take...

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take...

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very...

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very...

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of...

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of...

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost...

Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's...

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's...

Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted

I went to a football game once and got punched in the face, but you...

I went to a football game once and got punched in the face, but you...

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the...

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee...

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor...

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor...

In essence, the domain of eroticism is the domain of violence, of violation.

In essence, the domain of eroticism is the domain of violence, of violation.

We are unalterably opposed to the presentation of the female body being stripped, bound, raped,...

We are unalterably opposed to the presentation of the female body being stripped, bound, raped,...

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended...

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended...