You need to feed yourself with emotions and life or youll become empty.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

I think it's very boring for a director to always do the same kind of movies.

Everything goes by so fast that if you want to be a part of it, you need to go that fast. But because you go that fast, you don't lead the life you should lead.

You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.

I spent all my youth with horses.

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.

Music is one of the important things for me in cinema.

It's physically and psychologically exhausting to make a film.

The breeze across the desert as the light died was so sweet she could almost drink it.

Be happy for what you have not for what you should have.

Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.

leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.

I'm very proud that I was a Goldwater Girl. And then my political beliefs changed over time.

In war, good guys always become bad guys.

...(Charles) Reich discredits reason because it has been used to justify the war in Vietnam, which is like deciding that because your mother has cooked you a few bad meals you must never eat again.

Both Christians and religious Jews are finding it increasingly difficult to practice their faiths through college groups on so-called mainline campuses in the United States.