A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.

Rigid traditions capture soulsprisons of spiritual thoughtman’s religion has captured a god grown too small and very weak.

You're a superhero. Deal with it.

A book if like a life journey. You find good moments and bad moments but the thing that is the most important is that there is always an happy ending

La dernie' re chose qu'on trouve en faisant un ouvrage, est de savoir celle qu'il faut mettre la premie' re. The last thing one discovers in composing a work iswhat to put first.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.

...life without coffee is not really life.

Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.