I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. They say it closely resembles death.

I think a person needs to learn from childhood to find himself alone. It means to not be bored when you’re by yourself, because a person who finds himself bored when alone –as it seems to me– is in danger.

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise.

Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality.

We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns.

A literary work can only be received through symbols, through concepts - for that is what words are; but cinema, like music, allows for utterly direct, emotional, sensuous perception of the work.

I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.