To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe.

I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.

Here, in my solitude, I have the feeling that I contain too much humanity.

Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive.

Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.

We make each other alive; it doesn’t make a difference if it hurts.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

My basic view of things is - not to have any basic view of things. From having been exceedingly dogmatic, my views on life have gradually dissolved. They don't exist any longer.

There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect.

There's always a tension in me between my urge to destroy and my will to live... Every morning I wake up with a new wrath, a new suspiciousness, a new desire to live.

Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something.It is our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit

Have you taught her to kill, Priest? Can you teach her such a thing? She's so wise in her innocence, so innocent in her wisdom.

Experiment to discover how little you need.

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd.

When I first started out, I was a bad actor.

Ah, my Knight in Shining Armor. What, you don't think I can fend for myself?

Why does a chicken coop only have two doors? ... Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.

If you were to do a line-up of past suitors, it's definitely a very eclectic group, is all I'll say.