I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

W. Upon returning to New York Sarris began to write for Film Culture; in 1960 his first review for The Village Voice—a laudatory review of Psycho—was publiAndrew Sarrisd. Sarris wrote the highly influential book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 (1968) an opinionated assessment of films of the sound era organized by director.