Jean COCTEAU. L.A.S. "Jean", St Jean Cap-Ferrat 20 April 1958, [to producer Denise Tual]; 2 pages in-4 at the address of Santo Sospir. Believing that he had committed no "indelicacy of heart", he wished to explain his attitude to Denise, who had promised him important funds that she did not have for her next film project. "I won't dare to throw myself headlong into a hazardous destiny, or knock on every door. ... I will postpone my project until my feet are on solid ground and allow my head to wander fearlessly. You would be wrong to have the (all symbolic) aid removed from the grant - for it is me you will harm and no one else. I am the first to be saddened that I can't do things the way they were on the first day. It doesn't change my true feelings....