Hollywood as a whole has recently been made aware of the Negro’s true position in America and our responsibility toward the subject. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
Capra’s great passion was Dickens. As soon as he had some money, he bought some of the rarest and most extraordinary editions of Dickens’s work, and he was very proud of his collection. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
We in America were worried about many problems dealing with economic inequality and political inequality. The Communist Party seemed to be the only political force, both concerned and willing, to take action to stop the threat of fascism abroad and to work for economic and political reform in this country. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
Capra always wanted a screenwriter with him, even on the soundstage. The writer had to be there at his side. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
I consider the philosophy of the Communist Party as not applicable to our American way of life. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
I am a man who has made a great deal of money, and I haven’t got a great deal. This is because I give it no value, and a certain Christian precept is something to be lived by, and so forth. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
Communism seemed to be an ideal experiment in trying to achieve a state where all persons have greater democracy. I might add, like other persons here and elsewhere, I found myself concerned with the problem of increasing need for greater economic and political democracy for greater numbers of people. Sidney Buchman Read Quote
If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn’t it? Sidney Buchman Read Quote
