On directing > Don’t hurry | Ed Wood, 1924-1978
“You’re the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste!”
“One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.”
“What do you know? Haven’t you heard of suspension of disbelief?”
“Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage.
The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what’s causing
them, but it’s upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve
the mystery.”
“You didn’t like it? Well, my next one will be even better!”
“We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it…
because you cannot compromise an artist’s vision.”
“They would be remembered for a moment then would be forgotten as
if they had never walked the earth.”
“Don’t hurry. Oblivion will be there eventually.”
Ed Wood, 1924-1978
