I prefer the magic to reality, and have since I was 5 years old. Hopefully, I can continue to make films and constantly escape into them.

The whole country was tied together by radio. We all experienced the same heroes and comedians and singers. They were giants.

I'm really impotent against the overwhelming bleakness of the universe and the only thing I can do is my little gift [filmmaking] and do it the best I can, [...] which is cold comfort.

I keep wondering if there is an afterlife, and if there is will they be able to break a twenty?

I'm giving [my analyst] one more year--then I'm going to Lourdes.

Not think of death as an end, but think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.

It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.