To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable. Elia Kazan Read Quote
The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. Elia Kazan Read Quote
I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul. Elia Kazan Read Quote
There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway. Elia Kazan Read Quote
I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists’ advertising or recruiting technique. Elia Kazan Read Quote
I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn’t go along with me, I quit them. Elia Kazan Read Quote
