What you try to become is a bringer of magic, for magic and the truth are closely allied and movies are sheer magic ... when they work, it's, well, it's glorious.
A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself. - John Huston
A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.
- John Huston
Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place they're capable of anything. - John Huston
Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place they're capable of anything.
I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like. - John Huston
I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like.
I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly. - John Huston
I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly.
Hollywood has always been a cage...a cage to catch our dreams - John Huston
Hollywood has always been a cage...a cage to catch our dreams
A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it. - John Huston
A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.
The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. - John Huston
The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world.
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and … - John Huston
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and …
What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea c… - John Huston
What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea c…
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