First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are incidentally actors, words, and objects in space. It's an idea you have of yourself, like the idea you have of your own personality which finds its best representation in the world in terms of specific flows of imaginary images. That's what directing is.

Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?

You must never throw away things that are worth good money.

Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to do.

I don't take no dive for nobody. Whaddya think I am, a tanker!

What do you mean "gangsters"? It's business.

A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.