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

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

" The individualists stare into each other's eyes and yet deny each other's existence. We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer distinguish between true and false, between the gangster's whim and the purest ideal. "

" 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. "

" 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 usually say I left puberty at 58. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience. "

" I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting. "

" 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. "

" When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about. "

" I always work with 18 friends. "

" I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro. "

" Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father. "

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

" I have always appreciated the honest brutality of the international film world. One need never doubt one's worth in the market. Mine was zero. "

" The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second. "

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

" 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. "

" I haven't put an ounce of effort into my families. I never have. "

" The demons are innumerable, appear at the most inconvenient times, and create panic and terror. But I have learnt that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage. "

" We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive. "

" I am forever living in my childhood. "

" My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires. "

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

" I am very much aware of my own double self. The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child. He is not rational; he is impulsive and extremely emotional. "

" For me, the human face is the most important subject of the cinema. "

" 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. "

" 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. "