Rainer W. Fassbinder Quotes

"The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: Being, Homosexuality)

"I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: Politics, Cinema, Nothing, Shakespeare, Theatre)

"Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: Work)

"And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: Feelings)

"So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: People, Evil, Myths)

"It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: Suffering)

"The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film."
- Rainer W. Fassbinder
(Related: Dream, Criticism, Film, Hollywood)