In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words--liberty, equality, and fraternity--do just as much. Millio….

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole..

I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know..

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas..

Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editi….

We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence..

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual..

You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you can't want to make a film si….

Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It's an obsession of mine: that different people….

I like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're s….

Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult..

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you..

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be use….

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities..

You make films to give people something, to transport them somewhere else, and it doesn't matter if you transport them to a world of intuition or a w….

For 6,000 years, these rules have been unquestionably right. And yet we break them every day. People feel that something is wrong in life. There is s….

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all..

Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way become inscribed in t….

This man (Bergman) is one of the few film directors-perhaps the only one in the world-to have said as much about human nature as Dostoevsky or Camus..

I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element..

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?.