We believe that the materials and the stories taken from the raw can be finer (more real in the philosophic sense) than the acted article.

We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself can be exploited in a new and vital art form

Art is not a mirror but a hammer.

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.