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"I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious."
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"I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work."

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"Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time."

"I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution."
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