I’ve always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it’s hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had. – Andrew Sarris
I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time. – Andrew Sarris
Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, ‘Tell me your favorite movies,’ it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you. – Andrew Sarris
