When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

What I like about masturbation is that you don't have to talk afterwards.

You really see life around the principals to be as important as the main, principal actors. That's what cinéma vérité taught me - that it's not a question of having a main character, a great actor, and the rest is unimportant. Every detail, every face in the crowd is important.

So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good.

The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.