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.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

I spent my life trying to cure myself of my education.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

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

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

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