I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos.
Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.
I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.
Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.
Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.
Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger. ' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.
I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on
I believe that the only possible reason for our being here is to serve in some form or another but that the form is not always readily found or recognized. And I've noticed that those who refuse to serve often wind up as slaves.
What is a screenplay? 120 pages of begging for money and attention.