[An audience conditioned by a lifetime of television-watching is so corrupted that] their standards have been systematically lowered over the years. These guys sit in front of their sets and the gamma rays eat the white cells of their brains out!

He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian.

All my life is passing in front of my eyes. The worst part of it is I'm driving a used car.

You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.

The roe is reputed to sleep for a thousand years and then suddenly rise in flames, particularly if it was smoking when it dozed off.

I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win anything or lose anything.

I consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.