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….

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 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….

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….

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

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

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

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….

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film..

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..

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

The relationship between the films and the individual Commandments [is] a tentative one. The films should be influenced by the individual Commandment….

The realm of superstitions, fortune-telling, presentiments, intuition, dreams, all this is the inner life of a human being, and all this is the harde….

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

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual..

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

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

(When asked what a director does) I help..

The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; ….