I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.

- Elia Kazan

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

- Elia Kazan

One final thing a director needs: The ability to say 'I am wrong' or 'I was wrong.' Not as easy as it sounds. But in many situations, these 3 words, …

- Elia Kazan

The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.

- Elia Kazan

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

- Elia Kazan

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight yo…

- Elia Kazan

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

- Elia Kazan

Wonder is our need today, not information.

- Elia Kazan

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

- Elia Kazan