I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after.

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.

I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice.

I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie.

When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write it. So this is the genesis of my creation. If I want to know what happens, if I want to find out the secret, I have to write it.

Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why.

Anything that is not autobiography is plagiarism.