I never feel empty. I travel a lot and I think about other films.

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society .... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.

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

There can be no censorship better than one's own conscience.

I'm more or less skeptical about marriage, because of family ties, relations between children and parents - it's all so depressing.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.