I don't feel, God dictated that I should write.

If the producer doesn't like you, consequently he reads the script with a very negative view. But I wouldn't preoccupy myself with that, I don't give a damn. You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and whatall.

Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.

Somewhere between apathy and anarchy lies the thinking human being.

Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.

I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake.