[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!

I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.