Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. – Elia Kazan
I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. – Elia Kazan

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. – Elia Kazan
I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. – Elia Kazan
I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement. – Elia Kazan
There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors… and that is their competitive sense. – Elia Kazan
I never thought Id be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. – Caroline Kennedy