You Cannot Penetrate Events With Reportage.

There Can Be No Censorship Better Than One's Own Conscience.

Innovation Comes Spontaneously. I Don't Know If I've Done Anything New. If I Have, It's Just Because I Had Begun To Feel For Some Time That I Couldn't Stand Certain Films, Certain Modes, Certain Ways Of Telling A Story, Certain Tricks Of Plot Development, All Of It Predictable And Useless.

I'll Go On Making Films Until I Make One That Pleases Me From The First To The Last Frame. Then I'll Quit.

Violence Is Not The Only Means Of Persuasion.

Till Now I Have Never Shot A Scene Without Taking Account Of What Stands Behind The Actors Because The Relationship Between People And Their Surroundings Is Of Prime Importance.