My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that…

Nothing is too shocking for me.

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.

'One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.'

I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

J'allais sous le ciel, Muse! et j'etais ton feal.