Ignorance sheer ignorance. There is no confidence to equal it. It's only when you know something about a profession that you are timid or careful.
The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
Crooks aren't the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world.
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.