"The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon."

Work, Artist, Fulfillment, Sin

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"The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon."

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"I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work."

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"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

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"Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge."

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"One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one."

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"Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip."

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"To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in."

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"The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts."

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"There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it is something with which we are all so familiar that when a man appears who is without it we are at once enslaved by him."

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