I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.

I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.