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.

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

There can be no censorship better than one's own conscience.

Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.

I can't give any absolute definition of what love is, or even whether it ought to exist.

My films have always had an element of immediate autobiography, in that I shoot any particular scene according to the mood I'm in that day, according to the little daily experiences I've had and am having - but I don't tell what has happened to me. I would like to do something more strictly autobiographical, but perhaps I never will, because it isn't interesting enough.

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.