They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production.

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen.

You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern.

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films.

The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

If at the age of thirty you don't know what God has called you to do; you may never know.

I want my grandchildren to look like my grandparents. I don't want them to look like Anwar Sadat or Foo Man Chu or Whoopi Goldberg.

Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.

My favorite mode of communication is in the world beyond: a dream, to see in a dream. My second favorite is correspondence.

But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost turns.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already exists.