Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.
If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason.
If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.
A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.
I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives.
At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.