At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will ne…

- Jean-Pierre Melville

I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage.

- Jean-Pierre Melville

It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've understood them. I …

- Jean-Pierre Melville

I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing.

- Jean-Pierre Melville