It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.
Woody AllenThatโs one of the nice things about writing, or any art; if the thingโs real, it just lives. All the attendant hoopla about it, the success over it or the critical rejectionโnone of that really matters. In the end, the thing will survive or not on its own merits. Not that immortality via art is any big deal. Truffaut died, and we all felt awful about it, and there were the appropriate eulogies, and his wonderful films live on. But itโs not much help to Truffaut.
Woody AllenIf you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
Woody Allen