Otherwise [digital revolution] hasn't changed my way of filmmaking, I'm not nostalgic in postulating we should still make films on celluloid. I love celluloid but I don't need to continue on celluloid.

A fairly young, intelligent-looking man with long hair asked me whether filming or being filmed could do harm, whether it could destroy a person. In my heart the answer was yes, but I said no.

Maybe I should stay a good soldier of cinema.

The universe is not harmonious: you know that by looking outside.

At the same time, there's something magnificent about volcanoes; they created the atmosphere that we need for breathing.

You have to be completely open to what people would tell you. You do not shape them; you do not force the materials into your ideas. You have to have all windows and doors open.

English is a really wonderful language and I urge you all to investigate it