I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.
Robert BentonAlthough I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment I got here and I never stopped.
Robert BentonNew York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me.
Robert BentonAfter the war, photography came alive, in part because everybody started to use the 35mm camera, and worked on the street instead of in a studio, and that made an enormous difference in not only how photographs looked, but what they were about.
Robert Benton