The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

I must be sincere towards what I am. ... Experimenting is the only thing that fills me with enthusiasm. ... It is the only sphere where I feel really honest and sincere.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.