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

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

Being a man (male "macho") does not give you right to anything.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.