At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.
Douglas Sirk

You have to think with the heart.
Douglas Sirk

If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.
Douglas Sirk

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.
Douglas Sirk

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.
Douglas Sirk

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world.
Douglas Sirk

I considered that the homes that people live in exactly describe their lives.
Douglas Sirk

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films.
Douglas Sirk