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

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

" I dream about doing a film about once a week. "

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

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

" I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful. "

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

" If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes, I probably do mourn the fact that I no longer make films. "

" 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. "

" Aging is not uncomplicated. Creativity is an extraordinary help against destructive demons. "

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

" I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images. "

" I hope I never get so old I get religious. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" If I don't create, I don't exist. "

" My education was very tough. "

" I was bloody ill-tempered when I was young. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa. "

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

" 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. "