I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them

There is no creative expression of artistic value that has ever been produced by ex-drunkards and ex-drug-addicts. Who the hell would bother with a Rolling Stones without booze or with a Jimi Hendrix without heroin?

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in whether I went to school or got drunk on white wine.

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.