Fitzgerald said a very interesting thing in his diary; that human life proceeds from the good to the less good - that is, it's always worse as you go on. That's true.

My work is like digging, it's archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That's how I understand my first films, and that's what I'm still doing...

Everyone has understood me in his own way. But I would have to understand myself first in order to judge - and so far, I haven't.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film.

I don't know whether I am ever bored. I never look at myself.

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against that with black-and-white films.