You Cannot Penetrate Events With Reportage.

There Can Be No Censorship Better Than One's Own Conscience.

Innovation Comes Spontaneously. I Don't Know If I've Done Anything New. If I Have, It's Just Because I Had Begun To Feel For Some Time That I Couldn't Stand Certain Films, Certain Modes, Certain Ways Of Telling A Story, Certain Tricks Of Plot Development, All Of It Predictable And Useless.

The Greatest Danger For Those Working In The Cinema Is The Extraordinary Possibility It Offers For Lying.

My Films Have Always Had An Element Of Immediate Autobiography, In That I Shoot Any Particular Scene According To The Mood I'm In That Day, According To The Little Daily Experiences I've Had And Am Having - But I Don't Tell What Has Happened To Me. I Would Like To Do Something More Strictly Autobiographical, But Perhaps I Never Will, Because It Isn't Interesting Enough.

When I'm Sure I Have A Story, I Call My Collaborators And We Begin To Discuss It. And We Conduct Studies Of Certain Subjects To Make Sure Of Our Terrain. Then, Finally, In The Last Month Or Two, I Write The Story.