A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together.

As I don't consider myself exceptional, but simply a storyteller, each of my stories is really a period of my life. Deep down I feel that criticism of my work-which is the most sincere and authentic vision of myself-is unsuitable and immodest, whether it is favorable or unfavorable.

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

What's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is what unites memory or recollection, ideology, sentiment, nostalgia, presentiment, to the way we express all that. It's not what we say but how we say it that matters.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.

It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.