I look at all of Carver's work as just one story, for his stories are all occure
nces, all about things that just happen to people and cause their lives to take
a turn...In formulating the mosaic of the film Short Cuts, which is based on the
se nine stories and a poem, 'Lemonade', I've tried to do the same thing- to give
the audience one look...But it all began here. I was a reader turning these pag
es. Trying on these lives' - Robert Altman in his introduction.
