I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be h….

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination..

The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. Wha….

With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad scrip….

I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not from my own will, but f….

There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving wor….

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself..

If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take 'myself,' subtract 'movies,' and the ….

The truth is in the mystery..

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes..

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing..

To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away..

The role of the artist is to not look away..

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself..

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true..

I like silent pictures and I always have ... I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of m….

When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I tak….

The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly and develop your ….

Man is a genius when he is dreaming..