"This is such a myth about the arts: That is was once easy to find, to produce, to see good work. The good has always been in the minority, and the good has always been very hard to locate, to produce, to promote. When I say good, of course, I mean true and real and daring. No one really wants this: It exposes too many things, and it exposes too many people to risk. It has always been better to replicate what worked last season, and you will always have a battle on your hands to do anything good. This fortitude- this persistence- is rarer than talent, and the lack of this will is what leads so many to leave or to give in. A lot of people have talent, but very few people have balls."
- Elia Kazan/October 1993.