I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.

I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.

My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.