What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.
I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.
I was being taken around by a press agent at the Venice Film Festival at age 18. Was it fun? Sure. But it was a dangerous path to be walking on as far as having a substantive life. Because the casualty rate at the Venice Film Festival for 18-year-olds? High.

