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" I always work with 18 friends. "

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" I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life. "

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" There are so many books I want to read. Difficult books. That's what I intend to do and what I'm longing for. "

" When we came out from the Elysee palace, there was a gigantic limousine waiting for us and four police on motorcycles. It is probably one of the few times I have experienced my fame. I thought it was so fantastic that I laughed to the point of shouting. "

" When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely. "

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" People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct. "

" I am very shy with people I don't know. "

" I'm very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing. "

" I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect. "

" There hasn't been anyone with whom I can discuss my scripts. Even when the film is done, there is no one I can show it to who gives his sincere opinion. There is silence. "

" My education was very tough. "

" I am extremely suspicious of dreams, apparitions and visions, both in literature and in films and plays. Perhaps it's because mental excesses of this sort smack too much of being 'arranged.' "

" Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death. "

" On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against. "

" I usually say I left puberty at 58. "

" The smallest wound or pain of the ego is examined under a microscope as if it were of eternal importance. The artist considers his isolation, his subjectivity, his individualism almost holy. "

" Mother was actually a great doer and organizer. All the special occasions were directed by mother. "

" I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience. "

" We didn't know that Mother had gone through a passionate love affair or that Father suffered from severe depression. Mother was preparing to break out of her marriage, Father threatening to take his own life. "

" I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere. "

" I am forever living in my childhood. "

" When you're as chaotic as I am, you need a very firm structure in your life. "

" From an early age onward, it was said that 'Ingmar has no sense of humor.' "

" The only thing I consider appalling would be to suddenly become a vegetable and a burden on other people. A soul slowly dying out, trapped in a body in which the insides gradually sabotage me - that, I think, would be terrifying. "

" I have a feeling of complete balance. The sea, the house, the loneliness, the light. Everything is clearer. Much more precise. I have the feeling that I am living on a limit, and I'm crossing that limit sometimes. "

" When you finish a film, you never want to see it again. "