We believed in the existence in this country of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price and staked everything on it.

Everything God created was created in a seed form, small and miniature.

We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.

Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many ways people move forward.

The Sorbonne should be razed and Chris Marker put in its place.

Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar.

I'll go where secrets are sold Where roses unfold I'll sleep as time goes by

All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

There are men who have themselves whipped simply to increase their sexual pleasure. These, in contrast with true masochists, regard flagellation as a means to an end.

Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false.