“I would not have made any of my films or written scripts such as Taxi Driver had it not been for Ingmar Bergman, What he has left is a legacy greater than any other director.... I think the extraordinary thing that Bergman will be remembered for, other than his body of work, was that he probably did more than anyone to make cinema a medium of personal and introspective value.” ThinkingMadeBodyFilmValuesLeftGreaterWrittenDirectorsExtraordinaryScriptsMediumsLegacyRememberedCinemaDriversIntrospectiveTaxiExtraordinary ThingsBergman Author:Paul Schrader
“'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.” StatesTermMy OwnEventsDrawsDriversTaxi Author:Paul Schrader
“The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry business and we're being paid to take risks and look silly. Race car drivers get paid to risk their lives in a more concrete way; we get paid to risk our lives in an emotional way.” WayFeelsLooksLife IsSecretRaceCreativeOur LivesRiskCarEmotionalPaidSillyDirtyEaseDriversConcreteEmbarrassmentLaundryRace CarCreative LifeRace Car DriverDirty Laundry Author:Paul Schrader
