“I never read a single review of my work and cared only what Keaton had to say about it,” Allen went on. “If she liked it, I counted the film as an artistic success. If she was less than enthusiastic, I tried to use her criticism to reedit and come away with something she felt better about.”
Allen concluded: “A few days ago, the world was a place that included Diane Keaton. Now it’s a world that does not. Hence, it’s a drearier world. Still, there are her movies. And her great laugh still echoes in my head.”
Keaton, readers may remember, was among those who defended Allen during his public controversies, not least when he was accused of having sexually abused Dylan Farrow, daughter of former partner Mia.
“Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him,” Keaton wrote at the time.
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