I enjoy the making of the film and it's something for me to do. If nobody ever comes to my films, if people don't want to give me money to make films, that will stop me. But as long as people come all over the world and I have an audience and I have ideas for films, I will do them for as long as I enjoy the process. And I like the whole process of making a film.

All literature is a footnote to Faust. I have no idea what I mean by that.

A deranged person is supposed to have the strength of ten men. I have the strength of one small boy... with polio.

Life is like a concentration camp... you can't leave without dying.

Have you ever taken a serious political stand on anything? Yeah. Sure. For twenty-four hours once I refused to eat grapes.

Culturally speaking, I was raised in a Jewish household. In addition to the religious side of it, I was taught respect for books and learning and the higher professions like medicine and law and teaching.

I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.