I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.

You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

The basic and essential human is the woman.

[I have a] fondness for telling stories, like the Arab storytellers on the marketplace. ... I will never grow tired of [telling] stories [and] I make the mistake of thinking that everyone has the same enthusiasm!

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.