The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations.

The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?