At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be ki….

You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto..

You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame..

I am dying of hunger..

Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries..

I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years..

About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio do….

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts..

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean,….

I knew there were, in myself, the souls of millions of people who lived centuries ago; not just people but animals, plants, the elements, things, eve….

In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold..

The street kid in me says, "Grab the money and run - who cares who it's from! Don't think about whatever you have to do for it or when you have to do….

But words - words are not enough!.

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets..

On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish ….

I didn't choose solitude..

I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar..

The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex..

It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000..

Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have….

Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent.