Through most of my career I've made a decent living making movies no one wants to see.

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.

The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

I've always said that to make movies, to make images and sound, is possible by one way or another. And it has not to be ruled by the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Pharaohs from Hollywood or wherever. I have tried very hard to make even a small budget picture here. It always fails. Over a dozen times. And now I know why. It was only because I wanted to be in control of the money. To spend it the way I wanted.

There is no point in having sharp images when you've fuzzy ideas.

In movies, comedy and tragedy are all the same.