What I have always loved most in men is imperfection.

The Summer Book is beautiful and warm, with the kind of wisdom we can adapt to our everyday lives.

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.

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

If a person is found dead here, a postmorten will always reveal whether he has spent less than three weeks in the city. That is the length of time it takes this pollution to invade the body, after which it is there forever.

Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit.

it is only in statistics that people die by the millions. Each person dies individually, in his own predicament.