Philip Kaufman Quotes & Sayings

“Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned.”

“Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.”

“You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.”

“To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.”

“They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.”

“Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to keep 'em down in L.A.”

“And I liked this extreme character of de Sade.”

“I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.”

“The danger is not so much in the economic structure of a society but in its intellectual structure.”

“The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.”