"I do not believe in God, but I am very interested in the possibility that there is something else."

"I think that a preoccupation with originality of form is more or less a fruitless thing. A truly original person with a truly original mind will not be able to function in the old form and will simply…"

"I don't think that films should provide answers. I think they should raise questions."

"The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes."

"Perhaps it's a good thing that human beings are not immortal. If they were, they'd get tired of living and fall into a state of profound boredom. It's the knowledge of death that makes life precious."