I'm not rich and maybe I'll never be rich. Money is useful - yes - but I don't worship it.

The public buys "art" - but the word is drained of its meaning.

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

When I'm sure I have a story, I call my collaborators and we begin to discuss it. And we conduct studies of certain subjects to make sure of our terrain. Then, finally, in the last month or two, I write the story.

I would throw out the sense of nation, "good breeding," certain forms and ceremonies that govern relationships - perhaps even jealousy. We're not aware of all of them yet, though we suffer from them. And they mislead us not only about ethics but also about aesthetics.

I've made films about the middle classes because I know them best. Everyone talks about what he knows best.

I can't imagine love without a sexual charge.