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,….

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….

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 would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain..

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….

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

Why have I had this life? If I knew, I wouldn't have done it.

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

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 am dying of hunger..

But words - words are not enough!.

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

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….

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

If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault th….

I didn't choose solitude..

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….

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..