The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.

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

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

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

I've always had trouble with authority.