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

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

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

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.

There are two kinds of people. There are those who love you and make your life beautiful. There are those that hurt you and the pain encourages you to be wonderful.

Wait, " Honey said to herself, as she realized something amazing. "I’m already an excellent flyer. Maybe I can fight crime too.

That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.

We are looking for a Wealth Tax that will bring in sufficient revenue to justify having a wealth tax.

To me parenting is all about trust. If you don't live by your words or actions how do you expect your kids to listen to you?

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy.

My mother. She's 65 now and she has immaculate style. And that's exactly what I want to be.

I don't envy young Brits crossing the Atlantic to make their fortunes today.