In any case, the idea of giving "all" of reality is overly simple and absurd.

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.

Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

I read somewhere that happiness is like the bluebird of Maeterlinck: Try to catch it and it loses its color. It's like trying to hold water in your hands. The more you squeeze it, the more the water runs away.

Ingmar Bergman is a long way from me, but I admire him. He, too, concentrates a great deal on individuals; and although the individual is what interests him most, we are very far apart. His individuals are very different from mine; his problems are different from mine - but he's a great director. So is Fellini, for that matter.

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

People are always misquoting me.