“I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.”
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“Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.”
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“I want the following word: splendor, splendor is fruit in all its succulence, fruit without sadness. I want vast distances. My savage intuition of myself.”
― The Stream of Life
― The Stream of Life
“Three films a day, three books a week and records of great music would be enough to make me happy to the day I die.”
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“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
― Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations
― Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations
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