Violence Is Not The Only Means Of

I Want My Characters To Suggest The Background In Themselves, Even When It Is Not Visible. I Want Them To Be So Powerfully Realized That We Cannot Imagine Them Apart From Their Physical And Social Context Even When We See Them In Empty Space.

I've Made Films About The Middle Classes Because I Know Them Best. Everyone Talks About What He Knows Best.

Favourite Directors Change, Like Favorite Authors. I Had A Passion For Gide And Stein And Faulkner. But Now They're No Use To Me Anymore. I've Assimilated Them - So, Enough, They Are A Closed Chapter. This Also Applies To Film Directors.

Actors Are Always A Little High At Work. Acting Is Their Drug. So When You Put The Brakes On, They're Naturally A Little Disappointed.

I Am Neither A Sociologist Nor A Politician. All I Can Do Is Imagine For Myself What The Future Will Be Like.