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.

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

I've always dreamed of getting to know the women of other countries better. When I was a boy, I remember, I used to get angry at the thought that I did not know German or American or Swedish women.

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

Nothing regarding man is ever inhuman. That's why I make films, not iceboxes.

You can't go to an LSD or pot party unless you take it yourself. If I want to go, I must take drugs 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.