The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

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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...

A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.

A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.

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...

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

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....

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.

'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.

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...

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.

I've always had trouble with authority.

I've always had trouble with authority.

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.

You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass...

You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass...

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...

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?...

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

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.

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

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

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud.

Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud.