I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.

I may be getting old, but not foolish.

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.