Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When I have been perplexed, looking for something I could not define to myself, a certain book has turned up, approached me as a friend would. And between it's cover carried the questions and the answers I was looking for.

The age, you know. A man can be wiser and wiser, and a woman is older and older.

It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who make their own limitations those of the actors as well.

I looked into the mirror and saw this middle-aged woman who keeps invading my face.

I just think that sometimes it is less hard to wake up feeling lonely when you are alone than to wake up feeling lonely when you are with someone else. Some people would be better off alone, but they feel they've got to get hold of someone to prove they're worthwhile.

The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.

Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.