I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs.

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.

Happy endings make me puke.

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.

A man who knows what it is to have humility is a vain man.

To be filled with bliss and harmony on earth is a reflection of heaven order

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.

I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.

I think the future of food is in insects.

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.

Faith is a gift of God, which man can neither give nor take away by promise of rewards or menace of torture.