I want to return to the womb, anyone's.

With me; it's just a genetic dissatisfaction with everything.

You're a genius! And the proof is that both common people and intellectuals find your work completely incoherent.

It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better, you have a lot of possibilities. You can edit it in certain ways so that it works, but there's no getting around weaknesses of the script.

I recently turned 60. Practically a third of my life is over.

There is something about big cities that turns me on, and for whatever mysterious reason, places like New York and Paris inspire me. I think it's because cities represent civilization, and as crime-ridden and broken down as some of them are, it's still better than skipping through a meadow.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.