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" In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon. "

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" The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men. "

" When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day. "

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