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

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

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

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

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.