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I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films.
In the end it's a revenue stream. And all revenue streams eventually reach the sea.
Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors.
Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.
... (more Paul Schrader quotes)
| Paul Schrader: Collected Screenplays Volume 1: Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, Light Sleeper by Paul Schrader | |
| American Gigolo (A Novel Based on the Screenplay by Paul Schrader) by Timothy Harris | |
| Biography - Schrader, Paul (1946-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by --SketchJoan Goldsworthy |