Consciousness is the original sin: consciousness of the inevitability of our death.

My dentist said to me the other day: I've enough problems in my life, so why should I see your films?

Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.

Many wonderful, creative people have won Oscars, so if you win one, you're in their company.

All romances end in tragedy. One of the key people in a romance becomes a monster sooner or later.

You know, there's a saying in art that in order to be universal you must be specific. So I think every artist feels that he is dealing with specific things but that it also has significance universally.

I work with my dreams or nightmares.