Elia Kazan

“The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.”

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

“I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.”

“To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.”

“I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.”

“Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.”