I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual.

In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something.

This man (Bergman) is one of the few film directors-perhaps the only one in the world-to have said as much about human nature as Dostoevsky or Camus.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.

The realm of superstitions, fortune-telling, presentiments, intuition, dreams, all this is the inner life of a human being, and all this is the hardest thing to film.

(When asked what a director does) I help.

Knowledge without understanding is a great loss because it is akin to having given a device without the manual on how to operate or use it.

If you dont like my book write your own.

Life is all about exploring yourself.

I really believe there is the possibility of something great that can happen in the right hands.

I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.

Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women.

Speak less but act more.

Writing can be described in two verbs: Throw up and clean up.

It's very tempting to over-eat all the bad things when you're on a film set.

But you can't make someone be something they're not.