My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.