I have been reading some biographies of one of my favorite directors Sam Peckinpah. The best of them is "Sam Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage."
It details Sam's life. He was a legitimately tough guy and he really liked to party. He had an artistic vision but he was forced to continually compromise in every sense of the word. He hated it and made movies like "The Killer Elite" where he told you what he thought about it.
But as tough as he was he compromised. For money. Like we do.
He had a saying. "I'm a good whore. I go where I'm kicked."
I have been taking comfort in that lately.
