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> [Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/never-underestimate-the-narcissism-of-a-writer/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

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## More by Elia Kazan

> [The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/the-essence-of-the-stage-is-concentration-and-penetration-of-the/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/i-didn-t-have-the-problem-of-finding-myself-at-45-on-the-wrong-course/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/never-underestimate-the-narcissism-of-a-writer/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/what-s-called-a-difficult-decision-is-a-difficult-decision-because/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/you-can-t-just-sit-there-and-do-the-lines-you-have-to-do-something/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/i-m-small-but-i-m-neither-compliant-nor-agreeable/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/if-you-re-going-to-play-a-cowboy-show-up-with-the-horse-at-the/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/i-value-peace-too-when-it-is-not-bought-at-the-price-of-fundamental/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/you-have-no-idea-how-fragile-an-actor-s-self-worth-is/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/there-was-no-doubt-that-there-was-a-vast-organization-which-was/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/the-makers-of-entertainment-must-try-in-our-field-to-be-honest-and/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [I'm very pro-America, but I feel it necessary to keep in touch with Europe to maintain a perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/i-m-very-pro-america-but-i-feel-it-necessary-to-keep-in-touch-with/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/it-s-difficult-if-not-impossible-to-get-away-with-anything-false/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/for-years-after-i-resigned-i-was-still-faithful-to-their-way-of/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

> [You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-kazan/you-ve-got-to-keep-fighting-you-ve-got-to-risk-your-life-every-six/)

[Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-kazan/)

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