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

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.

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

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

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

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

Writers are not meant for action.