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.

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

I dislike judging myself, but I will say I would be wealthy today if I had accepted all the films that have been offered to me with large sums of money. But I've always refused, in order to do what I felt like doing.

I didn't like university life much at Bologna. The subjects I studied - economics and business administration - didn't interest me. I wanted to make films. I was glad when I was graduated. Yet it's odd; on graduation day, I was overcome with a terrible sadness. I realized that my youth was over and now the struggle had begun.

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

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

A film you can explain in words is not a real film.