"In a mad world only the mad are sane."
"The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing."
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Source: Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.192, Vintage
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