The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man..

The foundation of all civilization is loitering..

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting..

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him..

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons..

All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reprodu….

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again..

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love..

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember..

You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons..

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact..

I believe that perfection handicaps cinema..

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth..

To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much ….

Everyone has his reasons..

The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons..

Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations..