Kenneth Anger Quotes

I've always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.

Making a movie is casting a spell.

If you are a member of the media, you belong to the public. You've made that Faustian bargain with your public. Take me – all of me – I'm yours.

Well, everything is constantly evolving and changing. That's what life is all about. But basically Hollywood has lost its focus as a film center. Films are now made all over the world.

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

I think people dream in their own way, dreams are extremely personal, even from person to person. They are completely individual.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

Puce Women was my love affair with Hollywood... with all the great goddesses of the silent screen. They were to be filmed in their homes; I was, in effect, filming ghosts.

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends.

This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.

A lavish colored evocation of Hollywood now gone, as shown through an afternoon in the milieu of the 1920's film star.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.