The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.

Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.