"The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of."

"I see only one common point shared by young directors: we all play pinball while older directors drink scotch and play cards."

"It’s good to be free; for then you can sleep and let desire and malaise follow each other without caring what happens. I’m going to become completely rusty."

"Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them."

"But your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths." 

"'Como todo mundo, sinto necessidade da família e dos amigos, de afeto e contatos amigáveis. Não sou feito de pedra ou de ferro, como um hidrante ou um poste.'
Talvez seja isto o que realmente conta: chegar ao cerne do sentimento humano, apesar das evidências."