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

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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.

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've always had trouble with authority.

I've always had trouble with authority.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

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...

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 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.

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.

I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are...

I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are...

Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively...

Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively...

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...

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...

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.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

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

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

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

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.

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 am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.