I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

There is no new wave, only the sea.

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.

I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.

My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more.