I Claim The Right To Contradict Myself.

Realism Is A Bad Word. In A Sense Everything Is Realistic. I See No Line Between The Imaginary And The Real.

A Different Language Is A Different Vision Of Life.

The Greatest Danger For Artists Is Total Freedom.

You See Me In My Most Virile Moment When You See Me Doing What I Do. When I Am Directing, A Special Energy Comes Upon Me. ... It Is Only When I Am Doing My Work That I Feel Truly Alive. It Is Like Having Sex.

The Beauty Of Life Are Women, No One Loves Them As Much As Me. I Adore Them All, The Ugly, The Beautiful, The Cold, The Sexy And Especially Those That Are From Cinema Material, Shadow And Light.