I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.