But if I didn't read, I'd think, and thinking, when you come down to it, is the most painful thing of all, and the most monopolizing

A good film is also a documentary

The French are very individualistic.

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.

You can't think of nothing.

The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties.