I always mistrust everything I see, which an image shows me, because I imagine what is beyond it. And what is beyond an image cannot be known.

Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy.

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.

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

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

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.