Never trust a woman who doesn’t like to eat. She is probably lousy in bed.

Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.

There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.

A different language is a different vision of life.

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.

You exist only in what you do.

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.