Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

Every time I start a picture ... I feel the same fear, the same self-doubts . . . and I have only one source on which I can draw, because it comes from within me.

As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the silhouette?

Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.

Don't tell me what I'm doing; I don't want to know.

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.

Reality! But what does this word mean? Each has his own reality. I draw upon my personal reality upon the dark side of myself, my unconscious.