Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.

Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o'clock in the morning and knows it is the milkman and not the Gestapo.

I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.

If we had not been dealing with the devil in person, we could have saved Algeria.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

The weak have one weapon - the errors of those who think they are strong.

The one prejudice it had proved hardest to root out of a society was the one towards people whose social skills were limited.

Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to share is to be robbed.

If you're going to play the game [politics] properly, you'd better know every rule.

You know, when it was done originally, they always had to fight to keep it going at the end of each season. Now, The Odd Couple has become part of our language and culture.

Yes, creation is moving toward us; life is moving toward us all the time. We back away, but it keeps pushing toward us. Why not step forward and greet it.

The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?

Everyone should be able to make art about ideas without getting cornered into self-art.

When someone is kissing you passionately, you feel passionate!

I got lost in the night, without the light of your eyelids, and when the night surrounded me I was born again: I was the owner of my own darkness.

To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.